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Ytterbium doped nanostructured optical fibers for high power fiber lasers

Ytterbium doped nanostructured optical fibers for high power fiber lasers
Ytterbium doped nanostructured optical fibers for high power fiber lasers
With the breakthrough in ytterbium (Yb) doped fiber laser power scaling to kilowatt levels [1], the search for improved host glass properties has received much attention. A silica host, which is commonly used in high power fiber devices, has the advantage of being low-cost, reliable and able to sustain extremely high optical densities, as compared to other alternative glasses. However, silica is considered to be a poor host in terms of the level of Rare-earth(RE) that can be incorporated into it without the clustering effect of RE ions. This makes it difficult to achieve the high level of RE concentration in silica fibers, that is needed to shorten the device length of high power fiber lasers, which helps to suppress the non-linear effects (such as stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering) in fibers. In this paper, we investigate Yb doped Y2O3 (or Y3Al6O12) nanoparticles in a silica rich matrix, as an alternative to the Yb in a 'standard', such as aluminium or phosphorous co-doped, silica host for use in high power fiber lasers. Y2O3 is a good host for RE incorporation, and efficient Yb:Y2O3 ceramic lasers have been reported in [2]. It is expected that Y2O3 nanoparticles within a silica host will improve the RE solubility in fibers.
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Sahu, J.K.
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Nilsson, J.
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Das, S.
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Sahu, J.K., Paul, M.C., Kalita, M.P., Boyland, A.J., Codemard, C., Yoo, S., Webb, A.S., Standish, R.J., Nilsson, J., Das, S., Bhadra, S.K., Pal, M., Dhar, A. and Sen, R. (2009) Ytterbium doped nanostructured optical fibers for high power fiber lasers. European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), , Munich, Germany. 14 - 19 Jun 2009.

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Abstract

With the breakthrough in ytterbium (Yb) doped fiber laser power scaling to kilowatt levels [1], the search for improved host glass properties has received much attention. A silica host, which is commonly used in high power fiber devices, has the advantage of being low-cost, reliable and able to sustain extremely high optical densities, as compared to other alternative glasses. However, silica is considered to be a poor host in terms of the level of Rare-earth(RE) that can be incorporated into it without the clustering effect of RE ions. This makes it difficult to achieve the high level of RE concentration in silica fibers, that is needed to shorten the device length of high power fiber lasers, which helps to suppress the non-linear effects (such as stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering) in fibers. In this paper, we investigate Yb doped Y2O3 (or Y3Al6O12) nanoparticles in a silica rich matrix, as an alternative to the Yb in a 'standard', such as aluminium or phosphorous co-doped, silica host for use in high power fiber lasers. Y2O3 is a good host for RE incorporation, and efficient Yb:Y2O3 ceramic lasers have been reported in [2]. It is expected that Y2O3 nanoparticles within a silica host will improve the RE solubility in fibers.

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Published date: 14 June 2009
Venue - Dates: European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), , Munich, Germany, 2009-06-14 - 2009-06-19

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Local EPrints ID: 76280
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/76280
PURE UUID: 96d17ace-6286-402e-bb19-b936259fdd2e
ORCID for J.K. Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152
ORCID for J. Nilsson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-7959

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Date deposited: 18 Mar 2010
Last modified: 07 Feb 2023 02:43

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Author: J.K. Sahu ORCID iD
Author: M.C. Paul
Author: M.P. Kalita
Author: A.J. Boyland
Author: C. Codemard
Author: S. Yoo
Author: A.S. Webb
Author: R.J. Standish
Author: J. Nilsson ORCID iD
Author: S. Das
Author: S.K. Bhadra
Author: M. Pal
Author: A. Dhar
Author: R. Sen

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