Ultra-large core birefringent Yb-doped tapered double clad fiber for high power amplifiers

Andrey Fedotov, Teppo Noronen, Regina Gumenyuk, Vasiliy Ustimchik, Yuri Chamorovskii, Konstantin Golant, Maxim Odnoblyudov, Joona Rissanen, Tapio Niemi, Valery Filippov

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    Abstract

    We present a birefringent Yb-doped tapered double-clad fiber with a record core diameter of 96 μm. An impressive gain of over 38 dB was demonstrated for linearly polarized CW and pulsed sources at a wavelength of 1040 nm. For the CW regime the output power was70 W. For a mode-locked fiber laser a pulse energy of 28 μJ with 292 kW peak power was reached at an average output power of 28 W for a 1 MHz repetition rate. The tapered double-clad fiber has a high value of polarization extinction ratio at 30 dB and is capable of delivering the linearly polarized diffraction-limited beam (M2 = 1.09).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6581-6592
    Number of pages12
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume26
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 19 Mar 2018
    Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Publication forum classification

    • Publication forum level 2

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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