Fast and controllable beam switching in a pulsed fiber laser
Fast and controllable beam switching in a pulsed fiber laser
In this letter, we demonstrate a fast fiber mode converter in a short piece of special passive fiber. The switching mechanism relies on selective wavelength resonance between the core and a high index surrounding ring in the fiber. Beam switching at 530 kHz from a Gaussian beam shape to an expanded beam with a ring with corresponding M2 from 1.4 to 3.5 is demonstrated in a modified industrial pulsed fiber laser at power levels in the excess of 15 W.
beam delivery, beam switching, High power fiber laser
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Vukovic, Natasha
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Almeida, Paulo
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Chan, Jaclyn
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Codemard, Christophe
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Zervas, Michalis N.
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15 June 2019
Vukovic, Natasha
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Almeida, Paulo
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Chan, Jaclyn
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Codemard, Christophe
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Zervas, Michalis N.
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Vukovic, Natasha, Almeida, Paulo, Chan, Jaclyn, Codemard, Christophe and Zervas, Michalis N.
(2019)
Fast and controllable beam switching in a pulsed fiber laser.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 31 (12), , [8704948].
(doi:10.1109/LPT.2019.2913472).
Abstract
In this letter, we demonstrate a fast fiber mode converter in a short piece of special passive fiber. The switching mechanism relies on selective wavelength resonance between the core and a high index surrounding ring in the fiber. Beam switching at 530 kHz from a Gaussian beam shape to an expanded beam with a ring with corresponding M2 from 1.4 to 3.5 is demonstrated in a modified industrial pulsed fiber laser at power levels in the excess of 15 W.
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Accepted/In Press date: 23 April 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 May 2019
Published date: 15 June 2019
Keywords:
beam delivery, beam switching, High power fiber laser
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Local EPrints ID: 433272
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/433272
ISSN: 1041-1135
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Paulo Almeida
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Jaclyn Chan
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