• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 49, Issue 10, 20200009 (2020)
Quan Sheng1, Hanying Si2, Jianmin An3, Haiwei Zhang4, Junxiang Zhang1, Yu Ding2, Shengcai Li5, Wei Shi1, and Jianquan Yao1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Science and Technology on Electro-Optical Information Security Control Laboratory, Tianjin 300308, China
  • 3Air-loading The Third Military Representative Room in Tianjin Area, Tianjin 300308, China
  • 4School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
  • 5Armored Forces Research Institute of Army Research Academy, Beijing 100072, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20200009 Cite this Article
    Quan Sheng, Hanying Si, Jianmin An, Haiwei Zhang, Junxiang Zhang, Yu Ding, Shengcai Li, Wei Shi, Jianquan Yao. Numerical analysis on backward light amplification and damage in high-power fiber laser[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(10): 20200009 Copy Citation Text show less
    Theoretical model of the ytterbium-doped fiber amplifer (YDFA)
    Fig. 1. Theoretical model of the ytterbium-doped fiber amplifer (YDFA)
    Forward signal, pump power and normalized population inversion of fiber amplifier as functions of fiber position z (Pp(0)=11.8 kW、Ps+(0)=1 kW)
    Fig. 2. Forward signal, pump power and normalized population inversion of fiber amplifier as functions of fiber position zPp(0)=11.8 kW、Ps+(0)=1 kW)
    Amplification of different incident backward powers in the active fiber (Pp(0)=11.8 kW、Ps+(0)=1 kW)
    Fig. 3. Amplification of different incident backward powers in the active fiber (Pp(0)=11.8 kW、Ps+(0)=1 kW)
    Signal output power and amplified backward power as functions of incident backward power (Pp(0)=11.8 kW, Ps+(0)=1 kW)
    Fig. 4. Signal output power and amplified backward power as functions of incident backward power (Pp(0)=11.8 kW, Ps+(0)=1 kW)
    Thermal load per unit length in the gain fiber and the total thermal load(Pp(0)=11.8 kW, Ps−(10)=1 kW)
    Fig. 5. Thermal load per unit length in the gain fiber and the total thermal load(Pp(0)=11.8 kW, Ps(10)=1 kW)
    Temperature distribution with different backward powers in the active fiber(Pp(0)=11.8 kW, Ps−(10)=1 kW)
    Fig. 6. Temperature distribution with different backward powers in the active fiber(Pp(0)=11.8 kW, Ps(10)=1 kW)
    Amplification of backward signal in the active fiber with different forward signal powers(Pp(0)=11.8 kW, Ps−(10)=10 W)
    Fig. 7. Amplification of backward signal in the active fiber with different forward signal powers(Pp(0)=11.8 kW, Ps(10)=10 W)
    ParametersIPG Photonics[3]CAEP report [7]SIOM report[7]
    Output power/kW1010.610.14
    StructureOscillator and one-stage amplifier
    Laser wavelength/nm1 0701 0801 070
    Seed power1 kW1 kW170 W
    Fiber core size and lengths30 μm,15 m30/900 μm,25 m30/900 μm,18 m
    Pump scheme1018 nm,12690 W, backward pumping 976 nm,11500 W, forward pumping 976 nm,11359 W, bidirectional pumping
    Table 1. [in Chinese]
    ParametersValueParametersValue
    λp/nmPump wavelength976λs/nm Signal wavelength1080
    ΓpSignal overlap efficiency0.85ΓsSignal overlap efficiency0.85
    Rcore/μm Core diameter30Rcladding/μm Clad diameter900
    σa(λp)/m2Pump absorption cross section8.5×10−25σa(λs)/m2Pump absorption cross section8.5×10−26
    σe(λp)/m2Pump emission cross section8.2×10−25σe(λs)/m2Pump emission cross section9.9×10−26
    h/J·s−1Planck constant6.626×10−34c/m·s−1Light speed3×108
    N/m−3Yb3+doping concentration 1.3×1026τ/ms Upper laser level lifetime0.84
    Table 2. [in Chinese]
    Quan Sheng, Hanying Si, Jianmin An, Haiwei Zhang, Junxiang Zhang, Yu Ding, Shengcai Li, Wei Shi, Jianquan Yao. Numerical analysis on backward light amplification and damage in high-power fiber laser[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(10): 20200009
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