中国物理B ›› 2019, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 24208-024208.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/28/2/024208

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Power of all-fiber amplifier increasing from 1030 W to 2280 W through suppressing mode instability by increasing the seed power

Xue-Xue Luo(罗雪雪), Ru-Mao Tao(陶汝茂), Chen Shi(史尘), Han-Wei Zhang(张汉伟), Xiao-Lin Wang(王小林), Pu Zhou(周朴), Xiao-Jun Xu(许晓军)   

  1. 1 College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China;
    2 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China;
    3 Hunan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of High Power Fiber Laser, Changsha 410073, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-09-10 修回日期:2018-10-25 出版日期:2019-02-05 发布日期:2019-02-05
  • 通讯作者: Ru-Mao Tao, Xiao-Lin Wang E-mail:taorumao@sohu.com;chinawxllin@163.com
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61735007 and 61505260).

Power of all-fiber amplifier increasing from 1030 W to 2280 W through suppressing mode instability by increasing the seed power

Xue-Xue Luo(罗雪雪)1, Ru-Mao Tao(陶汝茂)1,2,3, Chen Shi(史尘)1,2,3, Han-Wei Zhang(张汉伟)1,2,3, Xiao-Lin Wang(王小林)1,2,3, Pu Zhou(周朴)1,2,3, Xiao-Jun Xu(许晓军)1,2,3   

  1. 1 College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China;
    2 Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China;
    3 Hunan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of High Power Fiber Laser, Changsha 410073, China
  • Received:2018-09-10 Revised:2018-10-25 Online:2019-02-05 Published:2019-02-05
  • Contact: Ru-Mao Tao, Xiao-Lin Wang E-mail:taorumao@sohu.com;chinawxllin@163.com
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61735007 and 61505260).

摘要:

In this work, we investigate suppressing mode instability in detail by varying the seed power in a large mode area all-fiber amplifier with a fiber core diameter of 25 μm. The transverse mode instability (TMI) thresholds are systematically measured for different seed power. Our experimental results reveal that increasing the seed power has a positive influence on enhancing the output power before the TMI effect appears, and finally the TMI threshold is approximately doubled from 1030 W to 2280 W when the seed power is increased from 27 W to 875 W. Almost 84.7% slope efficiency is reached with different seed power before the TMI threshold power. During our operation, we also find that in this type of LMA fiber the beam quality of the amplifier is degraded gradually instead of a sudden change as the pump power increases.

关键词: mode instabilities, seed power, coupling efficient, beam quality degradation

Abstract:

In this work, we investigate suppressing mode instability in detail by varying the seed power in a large mode area all-fiber amplifier with a fiber core diameter of 25 μm. The transverse mode instability (TMI) thresholds are systematically measured for different seed power. Our experimental results reveal that increasing the seed power has a positive influence on enhancing the output power before the TMI effect appears, and finally the TMI threshold is approximately doubled from 1030 W to 2280 W when the seed power is increased from 27 W to 875 W. Almost 84.7% slope efficiency is reached with different seed power before the TMI threshold power. During our operation, we also find that in this type of LMA fiber the beam quality of the amplifier is degraded gradually instead of a sudden change as the pump power increases.

Key words: mode instabilities, seed power, coupling efficient, beam quality degradation

中图分类号:  (Fiber lasers)

  • 42.55.Wd
42.55.Xi (Diode-pumped lasers) 42.65.Es (Stimulated Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering)