• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 6, Issue 2, 02000e16 (2018)
Chen Shi1、2, Hanwei Zhang1、2, Xiaolin Wang1、2、*, Pu Zhou1、2, and Xiaojun Xu1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2Hunan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of High Power Fiber Laser, Changsha 410073, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2018.9 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chen Shi, Hanwei Zhang, Xiaolin Wang, Pu Zhou, Xiaojun Xu. kW-class high power fiber laser enabled by active long tapered fiber[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(2): 02000e16 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Compared with traditional uniform fibers, tapered fiber has numerous unique advantages, such as larger mode area, higher pump absorption, suppression to nonlinear effects, and maintaining good beam quality. In this manuscript, we have constructed an all-fiberized fiber amplifier which is based on a piece of ytterbium-doped tapered double-clad fiber (T-DCF). The fiber amplifier is operated under continuous wave (CW) regime at 1080 nm wavelength. The $M^{2}$ factor of the amplifier at 1.39 kW output power is ${\sim}1.8$. The maximum output power of the system reached 1.47 kW, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the highest output power of long tapered fiber based fiber laser system. Our result successfully verifies the potential of power scalability and all-fiberized capability of long tapered fiber, and the performance of our system can be further enhanced by fiber design optimization.
    Chen Shi, Hanwei Zhang, Xiaolin Wang, Pu Zhou, Xiaojun Xu. kW-class high power fiber laser enabled by active long tapered fiber[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(2): 02000e16
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