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High Power Laser and Particle Beams
Vol. 32, Issue 12, 121001 (2020)

High-power narrow-linewidth fiber laser technology

Wenchang Lai, Pengfei Ma, Hu Xiao, Wei Liu, Can Li, Man Jiang, Jiangming Xu, Rongtao Su, Jinyong Leng, Yanxing Ma, and Pu Zhou^*

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College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

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Wenchang Lai, Pengfei Ma, Hu Xiao, Wei Liu, Can Li, Man Jiang, Jiangming Xu, Rongtao Su, Jinyong Leng, Yanxing Ma, Pu Zhou. High-power narrow-linewidth fiber laser technology[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32(12): 121001 Copy Citation Text

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fiber type	doped ions	year	institution	structure	wavelength/nm	power/mW	linewidth/kHz	Ref.
silica fiber	Tm	2017	Tianjin University	DBR	1920	120	36	[63]
	Yb:YAG	2019	Shandong University	DBR	1064	110	1300	[43]
	Nd	2020	SCUT	DBR	1120	15	71.5	[44]
phosphate fiber	Yb	2004	NP Photonics	DBR	1064.2	200	3	[57]
	Yb	2011	SCUT	DBR	1064	400	<7	[53]
	Yb	2012	NP Photonics	DBR	976	100	<3	[42]
	Yb	2013	SCUT	DBR	1014	164	<7	[58]
	Yb	2013	SCUT	DBR	1083	100	<2	[59]
	Yb	2016	SCUT	DBR	1120	62	5.7	[60]
	Er-Yb	2003	−	DBR	1560	200	1.75	[64]
	Er-Yb	2005	The University of Arizona	DBR	1550	1600	−	[65]
	Er-Yb	2005	The University of Arizona	DBR	1535	1900	−	[66]
	Er-Yb（PCF）	2006	The University of Arizona	DFB	1534	2300	−	[45]
	Er-Yb	2008	The University of Arizona	DFB	1536	165	−	[40]
	Er-Yb	2010	SIOM	DBR	1535	100	<5	[61]
	Er-Yb	2010	SCUT	DBR	1535	306	1.6	[62]
	Er-Yb	2013	−	DBR	1538	550	<60	[54]
germanate fiber	Tm	2007	NP Photonics	DFB	1893	50	3	[39]
	Tm	2018	SCUT	DBR	1950	617	12.5	[46]
	Tm	2019	Zhejiang University	ring cavity	1957	400	20	[52]
	Tm	2019	University of Southampton	DBR	1952	1520	−	[47]
silicate fiber	Tm	2009	AdValue Photonics	DFB	1950	40	<3	[41]

Table 1.

Typical progress of single frequency Yb-doped fiber oscillators

单频光纤振荡器研究进展

year	institution	configuration	power/W	wavelength/nm	PER/dB	M²	approaches	Ref.
2005	University of Southampton	bulk	264	1060	16	<1.1	counter-pumping	[68]
2007	University of Southampton	bulk	511	1060	Non	1.6	LMA fiber	[69]
2007	Corning	bulk	502	1064	Non	1.4	bi-directionally pumping	[70]
2011	AFRL	bulk	494	1064	15	<1.3	ATF and counter-pumping	[72]
2011	University of Michigan	bulk	511	1064	15	1.19	chirally-coped-core fiber	[71]
2014	AFRL	bulk	811	1064	NA	<1.2	ATF and thermal gradient	[73]
2008	OFS Laboratories	all-fiber	194	1083	Non	1.2	acoustically-designed fiber	[74]
2011	AFRL	all-fiber	203	1065	NA	−	thermal gradient and gain competition	[80]
2012	Laser Zentrum Hannover	all-fiber	301	1064	Non	−	counter-pumping and thermal gradient	[75]
2012	NUDT	all-fiber	310	1064	Non	1.3	LMA fiber	[81]
2013	NUDT	all-fiber	332	1064	21	1.4	LMA fiber	[76]
2013	SIOM	all-fiber	170	1064	NA	1.02	strain gradient and thermal gradient	[77]
2017	NUDT	all-fiber	414	1064	16.9	1.34	LMA fiber and strain gradient	[78]
2020	NUDT	all-fiber	550	1030	Non	1.47	tapered fiber	[79]
2019	LIGO Laboratories	all-fiber	178	1064	19	<1.32	specialty LMA fiber	[15]
2019	Laser Zentrum Hannover	all-fiber	200	1064	19	−	LMA fiber and thermal gradient	[82]
2020	University of Bordeaux	all-fiber	365	1064	17	<1.1	LMA fiber and short fiber length	[83]

Table 2.

Typical progress of single frequency Yb-doped fiber amplifiers （Non: nonlinearly polarized state, NA: not available, ATF: acoustically tailored fiber, T-YDF: tapered Yb-doped fiber, LMA: large mode area）

单频掺镱光纤放大器研究进展

year	institution	power/kW	linewidth	M²	PER/dB	Ref
2015	HFB Photonics	2.05	75 GHz	<1.4	Non	[106]
2015	Tianjin University	0.52	30 GHz	<1.09	＞18	[113]
2016	CAEP	2.9	0.31 nm	−	Non	[107]
2017	NUDT	1.018	0.3 nm	<1.24	14	[114]
2017	Tsinghua University	3.12	2.5 nm	1.58	Non	[111]
2017	CAEP	1.093	6.5 GHz	1.1	14.5	[108]
2019	Tsinghua University	2.19	0.0865 nm	1.46	Non	[112]
2020	CAEP	3.08	0.2 nm	<1.45	11.6	[22]

Table 3.

Progress of high power narrow-linewidth fiber lasers based on narrow-linewidth fiber oscillators

基于窄线宽光纤振荡器的高功率窄线宽光纤激光研究进展

modulation methods	year	institution	power/kW	linewidth	M²	PER/dB	Ref
sine modulation	2011	Fibertek, Inc.	1	<0.5 GHz	<1.4	Non	[121]
sine modulation	2016	NUDT	1.89	45 GHz	<1.3	15.5	[122]
WNS modulation	2017	NUDT	2.43	0.255 nm	−	18.3	[123]
	2018	NUDT	3.94	0.89 nm	1.86	Non	[24]
	2018	CAEP	2.5	54 GHz	<1.21	Non	[138]
	2018	CAEP	3.5	0.38 nm	1.9	Non	[124]
	2019	CAEP	1.5	13 GHz	1.14	13	[139]
	2019	NUDT	0.827	1.8 GHz	−	12	[140]
	2019	SIOM	3.01	48 GHz	1.17	Non	[127]
	2019	CAEP	2.62	32 GHz	<1.3	14.2	[125]
	2019	CAEP	3.7	0.3 nm	<1.36	Non	[126]
	2020	NUDT	4.09	0.9 nm	1.05	Non	−
PRBS modulation	2014	AFRL	1.17	3 GHz	1.2	Non	[129]
	2015	AFRL	1.47	5 GHz	1.17	Non	[141]
	2016	AFRL	1	2.3 GHz	<1.2	Non	[130]
	2016	MIT	3.1	12 GHz	<1.15	10	[23]
	2018	University of Michigan	2.2	20 GHz	1.09	Non	[134]
	2020	SIOM	1.27	2.2 GHz	<1.2	Non	[128]
	2020	DSO National Laboratories, Singapore	1	6.9 GHz	1.19	Non	[135]
unavailable phase modulation	2016	Jena	3	0.17	1.3	Non	[136]
	2017	Jena	3.5	0.18	1.3	Non	[137]
	2018	Jena	4.4	−	−	Non	[26]
	2018	IPG	2.5	30 GHz	<1.1	Non	[27]

Table 4.

Progress of high power narrow-linewidth fiber lasers based on phase modulation techniques

基于相位调制技术的高功率窄线宽光纤激光研究进展

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Wenchang Lai, Pengfei Ma, Hu Xiao, Wei Liu, Can Li, Man Jiang, Jiangming Xu, Rongtao Su, Jinyong Leng, Yanxing Ma, Pu Zhou. High-power narrow-linewidth fiber laser technology[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32(12): 121001

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