Research progress of Yb-doped double-clad fiber lasers

FANG Gang; XU Xiangtao; QUAN Enchen; DAI Teli; FAN Siqiang; ZHANG Peng

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Research progress of Yb-doped double-clad fiber lasers

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Optical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chongqing City, College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 400047, China

Corresponding author: ZHANG Peng, zhangpeng2010@cqnu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2013-04-24
Accepted Date: 2013-05-15

Abstract

Fiber lasers have grown rapidly for their unique advantages, which become very competitive in many applications such as industrial processing, defense and military, medical and other fields. The progress of continuous wave and pulse Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser at home and abroad was reported. All-fiber lasers with combiners and fiber gratings were introduced. Simultaneously, pulse fiber lasers with high beam quality, high average power and high peak power based on master oscillator fiber power amplifier technology were presented. The influencing factors of increasing power of fiber laser, including damage of the optical fiber, nonlinear effects, thermal effects, were analyzed. Finally, the development trends of the Yb-doped double-clad fiber lasers were predicated.
- lasers,
- Yb-doped,
- fiber laser,
- master oscillator fiber power amplifier,
- double-clad fiber,
- nonlinear effect,
- thermal effect

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[2]	NILLSSON J, PAYNE D N. High-power fiber lasers[J].Science, 2011, 332(6032): 921-922.
[3]	CHEN Z L, HOU J, JIANG Z F. Estimation of maximum output power of double clad fiber laser[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2007, 19(4): 577-580(in Chinese).
[4]	SNITZER E, PO H, HAKIMI F, et al. Double clad, offset core Nd fiber laser[C]//Optical Fiber Sensors.Washington DC,USA: Optical Society of America,1988:PD5.
[5]	JEONG Y, SAHU J K, PAYNE D N, et al. Ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser with 1.36kW continuous-wave output power[J]. Optics Express, 2004, 12(25): 6088-6092.
[6]	JEONG Y, BOYLAND A J, SAHU J K, et al. Multi-kilowatt single-mode ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser[J]. Journal of the Optical Society of Korea, 2009, 13(4): 416-422.
[7]	HE B, ZHOU J, LOU Q H, et al. 1.75-kilowatt continuous-wave output fiber laser using homemade ytterbium-doped large-core fiber[J]. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 2010, 52(7): 1668-1671.
[8]	MA Y X, XIAO H, ZHOU P, et al. kW level fiber laser in all fiber format[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2011, 23(5): 1137-1138(in Chinese).
[9]	WU W M, XIAO H, XU J M, et al. Research progress of tandem-pumped fiber lasers[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2011 (9):11-18(in Chinese).
[10]	DUAN K L, ZHAO B Y, ZHAO W, et al. 1000W all-fiber laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2009, 36(12): 3219(in Chinese).
[11]	YAN P, YIN Sh P, HE J W, et al. 1.1kW ytterbium monolithic fiber laser with assembled end-pump scheme to couple high brightness single emitters[J].IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2011, 23(11): 697-699.
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[13]	LIMPERT J, HOFER S, LIEM A, et al. 100W average-power, high-energy nanosecond fiber amplifier[J]. Applied Physics,2002,B75(4/5): 477-479.
[14]	CHENG M, CHANG Y, GALVANAUSKAS A, et al. High-energy and high-peak-power nanosecond pulse generation with beam quality control in 200μm core highly multimode Yb-doped fiber amplifiers[J].Optics Letters, 2005, 30(4): 358-360.
[15]	LIMPERT J, DEGUIL-ROBIN N, MANEK-HNNINGER I, et al. High-power picosecond fiber amplifier based on nonlinear spectral compression[J]. Optics Letters, 2005, 30(7): 714-716.
[16]	ROSER F, ROTHHARD J, ORTAC B, et al. 131W 220fs fiber laser system[J].Optics Letters,2005, 30(20): 2754-2756.
[17]	DUPRIEZ P, PIPER A, MALINOWSKI A, et al. High average power, high repetition rate, picosecond pulsed fiber master oscillator power amplifier source seeded by a gain-switched laser diode at 1060nm[J]. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2006, 18(9): 1013-1015.
[18]	ROSER F, SCHIMPF D, SCHMIDT O, et al. 90W average power 100μJ energy femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplification system[J]. Optics Letters,2007,32(15): 2230-2232.
[19]	CHEN K K, PRICE J V, ALAM V, et al. Polarisation maintaining 100W Yb-fiber MOPA producing μJ pulses tunable in duration from 1 to 21ps[J]. Optics Express,2010,18(14):14385-14394.
[20]	KONG L F, LOU Q H, ZHOU J, et al. 133W pulsed fiber amplifier with large-mode-area fiber [J]. Optical Engineering, 2006, 45(1): 010502.
[21]	YE Ch G, GONG M L, YAN P, et al. Linearly-polarized single-transverse-mode high-energy multi-ten nanosecond fiber amplifier with 50W average power[J]. Optics Express, 2006, 14(17): 7604-7609.
[22]	LI Y, ZHU Ch, WANG X F, et al. Experimental study on hundred-watt output power high repetition rate narrow pulse duration fiber lasers[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2009, 36(2): 281-284(in Chinese).
[23]	ZHOU J, DU S T, LIU X, et al. 150W high repetition frequency and narrow pulse fiber lasers with the MOPA way[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2009, 36(4): 861(in Chinese).
[24]	YANG K W, HAO Q, LI W X, et al. High-power femtosecond pulses fiber laser system[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2011, 40(7): 1254-1256(in Chinese).
[25]	SU R T, ZHOU P, WANG X L, et al. Single-frequency nanosecond pulsed laser with output power of 300W in all fiber format[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2012, 24(5): 1009-1010(in Chinese).
[26]	YANG Ch B, LENG J Y, LU Q Sh. The theoretical analysis of SBS of Yb-doped double-clad in single-frequency fiber amplifier[J]. Laser Technology, 2011, 35(1): 117-121(in Chinese).
[27]	AGRAWAL G.Applications of nonlinear fiber optics[M]. 2nd ed. New York,USA:Academic Press, 2001:179-244.
[28]	BROWN D C, HOFFMAN H J. Thermal, stress, and thermo-optic effects in high average power double-clad silica fiber lasers[J]. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2001, 37(2): 207-217.

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Corresponding author: ZHANG Peng, zhangpeng2010@cqnu.edu.cn

1. Optical Engineering Key Laboratory of Chongqing City, College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 400047, China

Received Date: 2013-04-24

Accepted Date: 2013-05-15

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Abstract: Fiber lasers have grown rapidly for their unique advantages, which become very competitive in many applications such as industrial processing, defense and military, medical and other fields. The progress of continuous wave and pulse Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser at home and abroad was reported. All-fiber lasers with combiners and fiber gratings were introduced. Simultaneously, pulse fiber lasers with high beam quality, high average power and high peak power based on master oscillator fiber power amplifier technology were presented. The influencing factors of increasing power of fiber laser, including damage of the optical fiber, nonlinear effects, thermal effects, were analyzed. Finally, the development trends of the Yb-doped double-clad fiber lasers were predicated.

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[1]	LOU Q H. High power fiber lasers and its applications[M].Beijing:Press of University of Science and Technology of China,2010:8-12(in Chinese).
[2]	NILLSSON J, PAYNE D N. High-power fiber lasers[J].Science, 2011, 332(6032): 921-922.
[3]	CHEN Z L, HOU J, JIANG Z F. Estimation of maximum output power of double clad fiber laser[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2007, 19(4): 577-580(in Chinese).
[4]	SNITZER E, PO H, HAKIMI F, et al. Double clad, offset core Nd fiber laser[C]//Optical Fiber Sensors.Washington DC,USA: Optical Society of America,1988:PD5.
[5]	JEONG Y, SAHU J K, PAYNE D N, et al. Ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser with 1.36kW continuous-wave output power[J]. Optics Express, 2004, 12(25): 6088-6092.
[6]	JEONG Y, BOYLAND A J, SAHU J K, et al. Multi-kilowatt single-mode ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser[J]. Journal of the Optical Society of Korea, 2009, 13(4): 416-422.
[7]	HE B, ZHOU J, LOU Q H, et al. 1.75-kilowatt continuous-wave output fiber laser using homemade ytterbium-doped large-core fiber[J]. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 2010, 52(7): 1668-1671.
[8]	MA Y X, XIAO H, ZHOU P, et al. kW level fiber laser in all fiber format[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2011, 23(5): 1137-1138(in Chinese).
[9]	WU W M, XIAO H, XU J M, et al. Research progress of tandem-pumped fiber lasers[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2011 (9):11-18(in Chinese).
[10]	DUAN K L, ZHAO B Y, ZHAO W, et al. 1000W all-fiber laser[J].Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2009, 36(12): 3219(in Chinese).
[11]	YAN P, YIN Sh P, HE J W, et al. 1.1kW ytterbium monolithic fiber laser with assembled end-pump scheme to couple high brightness single emitters[J].IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2011, 23(11): 697-699.
[12]	KOECHNER W. Solid-state laser engineering[M].Beijing:Beijing Publishing House,2002:410-505(in Chinese).
[13]	LIMPERT J, HOFER S, LIEM A, et al. 100W average-power, high-energy nanosecond fiber amplifier[J]. Applied Physics,2002,B75(4/5): 477-479.
[14]	CHENG M, CHANG Y, GALVANAUSKAS A, et al. High-energy and high-peak-power nanosecond pulse generation with beam quality control in 200μm core highly multimode Yb-doped fiber amplifiers[J].Optics Letters, 2005, 30(4): 358-360.
[15]	LIMPERT J, DEGUIL-ROBIN N, MANEK-HNNINGER I, et al. High-power picosecond fiber amplifier based on nonlinear spectral compression[J]. Optics Letters, 2005, 30(7): 714-716.
[16]	ROSER F, ROTHHARD J, ORTAC B, et al. 131W 220fs fiber laser system[J].Optics Letters,2005, 30(20): 2754-2756.
[17]	DUPRIEZ P, PIPER A, MALINOWSKI A, et al. High average power, high repetition rate, picosecond pulsed fiber master oscillator power amplifier source seeded by a gain-switched laser diode at 1060nm[J]. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2006, 18(9): 1013-1015.
[18]	ROSER F, SCHIMPF D, SCHMIDT O, et al. 90W average power 100μJ energy femtosecond fiber chirped-pulse amplification system[J]. Optics Letters,2007,32(15): 2230-2232.
[19]	CHEN K K, PRICE J V, ALAM V, et al. Polarisation maintaining 100W Yb-fiber MOPA producing μJ pulses tunable in duration from 1 to 21ps[J]. Optics Express,2010,18(14):14385-14394.
[20]	KONG L F, LOU Q H, ZHOU J, et al. 133W pulsed fiber amplifier with large-mode-area fiber [J]. Optical Engineering, 2006, 45(1): 010502.
[21]	YE Ch G, GONG M L, YAN P, et al. Linearly-polarized single-transverse-mode high-energy multi-ten nanosecond fiber amplifier with 50W average power[J]. Optics Express, 2006, 14(17): 7604-7609.
[22]	LI Y, ZHU Ch, WANG X F, et al. Experimental study on hundred-watt output power high repetition rate narrow pulse duration fiber lasers[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2009, 36(2): 281-284(in Chinese).
[23]	ZHOU J, DU S T, LIU X, et al. 150W high repetition frequency and narrow pulse fiber lasers with the MOPA way[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2009, 36(4): 861(in Chinese).
[24]	YANG K W, HAO Q, LI W X, et al. High-power femtosecond pulses fiber laser system[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2011, 40(7): 1254-1256(in Chinese).
[25]	SU R T, ZHOU P, WANG X L, et al. Single-frequency nanosecond pulsed laser with output power of 300W in all fiber format[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2012, 24(5): 1009-1010(in Chinese).
[26]	YANG Ch B, LENG J Y, LU Q Sh. The theoretical analysis of SBS of Yb-doped double-clad in single-frequency fiber amplifier[J]. Laser Technology, 2011, 35(1): 117-121(in Chinese).
[27]	AGRAWAL G.Applications of nonlinear fiber optics[M]. 2nd ed. New York,USA:Academic Press, 2001:179-244.
[28]	BROWN D C, HOFFMAN H J. Thermal, stress, and thermo-optic effects in high average power double-clad silica fiber lasers[J]. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2001, 37(2): 207-217.

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