Er-doped silica fiber laser made by powder-based additive manufacturing
Er-doped silica fiber laser made by powder-based additive manufacturing
The pursuit of advanced fiber laser technologies has driven research toward unconventional manufacturing techniques.
In this work, we present an erbium-doped fiber laser made using powder-based additive manufacturing. An Er3+/Al3+
co-doped silica glass rod was printed using laser powder deposition and then used as the core material in a fiber preform.
The fiber drawn from the preform exhibited the complete, desired functionality linked to Er3+ doping. To demonstrate
this, a standing wave laser cavity was formed with the feedback attained from the cleaved ends of the manufactured fiber.
The high quality of the fiber is showcased through a low background loss, single-mode operation, a 9.4% laser slope efficiency, and an output of 4.5 mW, limited by the available pump power. This proof-of-concept opens up promising areas
for rapid fabrication and development of high-performance fibers and fiber lasers.
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Maniewski, Pawel
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Harvey, Clarissa M.
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Pasiskevicius, Valdas
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Maniewski, Pawel, Brunzell, Martin, Barrett, Laura, Harvey, Clarissa M., Pasiskevicius, Valdas and Laurell, Fredrik
(2023)
Er-doped silica fiber laser made by powder-based additive manufacturing.
Optica, 10 (10), .
(doi:10.1364/OPTICA.493601).
Abstract
The pursuit of advanced fiber laser technologies has driven research toward unconventional manufacturing techniques.
In this work, we present an erbium-doped fiber laser made using powder-based additive manufacturing. An Er3+/Al3+
co-doped silica glass rod was printed using laser powder deposition and then used as the core material in a fiber preform.
The fiber drawn from the preform exhibited the complete, desired functionality linked to Er3+ doping. To demonstrate
this, a standing wave laser cavity was formed with the feedback attained from the cleaved ends of the manufactured fiber.
The high quality of the fiber is showcased through a low background loss, single-mode operation, a 9.4% laser slope efficiency, and an output of 4.5 mW, limited by the available pump power. This proof-of-concept opens up promising areas
for rapid fabrication and development of high-performance fibers and fiber lasers.
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 August 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 September 2023
Published date: October 2023
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