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Arbitrary picosecond pulse shaping in a radially polarized Yb-fiber MOPA beyond 10 W

Arbitrary picosecond pulse shaping in a radially polarized Yb-fiber MOPA beyond 10 W
Arbitrary picosecond pulse shaping in a radially polarized Yb-fiber MOPA beyond 10 W
We demonstrate simultaneous spatial and arbitrary temporal pulse-shaping with a picosecond Yb-doped fiber laser system generating an output power > 10 W. By using a self-developed feed-back control algorithm on a single polarization optical pulse shaper, we obtained arbitrary complex pulse structures in the time domain with high accuracy and at high power level. Meanwhile, the pulse shaping in the spatial domain has been achieved using an in-house S-waveplate to change the linearly polarized fundamental mode into doughnut modes with different polarizations each at a time. This new capability enhances the versatility of ultrashort fiber laser systems for high precision material processing. Directly amplifying the radially polarized doughnut-mode avoids complex beam conversion at the output and provides an efficient route for power-scaling.
Zhang, B.M.
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Feng, Yujun
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Lin, Di
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Price, J.H.V.
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Alam, S-U.
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Nilsson, J.
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Shum, P.P.
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Payne, D.N.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Zhang, B.M.
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Lin, Di
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Price, J.H.V.
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Alam, S-U.
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Nilsson, J.
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Shum, P.P.
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Zhang, B.M., Feng, Yujun, Lin, Di, Price, J.H.V., Alam, S-U., Nilsson, J., Shum, P.P., Payne, D.N. and Richardson, D.J. (2017) Arbitrary picosecond pulse shaping in a radially polarized Yb-fiber MOPA beyond 10 W. The 16th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, , Wuzhen, China. 07 - 10 Aug 2017. (doi:10.1109/icocn.2017.8121434).

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Abstract

We demonstrate simultaneous spatial and arbitrary temporal pulse-shaping with a picosecond Yb-doped fiber laser system generating an output power > 10 W. By using a self-developed feed-back control algorithm on a single polarization optical pulse shaper, we obtained arbitrary complex pulse structures in the time domain with high accuracy and at high power level. Meanwhile, the pulse shaping in the spatial domain has been achieved using an in-house S-waveplate to change the linearly polarized fundamental mode into doughnut modes with different polarizations each at a time. This new capability enhances the versatility of ultrashort fiber laser systems for high precision material processing. Directly amplifying the radially polarized doughnut-mode avoids complex beam conversion at the output and provides an efficient route for power-scaling.

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Published date: August 2017
Venue - Dates: The 16th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, , Wuzhen, China, 2017-08-07 - 2017-08-10

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Local EPrints ID: 441172
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/441172
PURE UUID: 7c2e1ede-62da-432f-b8d5-e8c92dfbd56f
ORCID for Yujun Feng: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7839-065X
ORCID for Di Lin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5025-9051
ORCID for J.H.V. Price: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0256-9172
ORCID for J. Nilsson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-7959
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:47

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Author: B.M. Zhang
Author: Yujun Feng ORCID iD
Author: Di Lin ORCID iD
Author: J.H.V. Price ORCID iD
Author: S-U. Alam
Author: J. Nilsson ORCID iD
Author: P.P. Shum
Author: D.N. Payne
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD

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