• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 2, 021404 (2023)
Hongye Li1、2, Xin Tian1、2, Hao Li1、2, Baiyi Wu1、2, Xiaofan Zhao1、3, Meng Wang1、2、3, Chenhui Gao1、3, Binyu Rao1, Xiaoming Xi1, Zilun Chen1, Zefeng Wang1、2、3、*, and Jinbao Chen1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 3Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.021404 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hongye Li, Xin Tian, Hao Li, Baiyi Wu, Xiaofan Zhao, Meng Wang, Chenhui Gao, Binyu Rao, Xiaoming Xi, Zilun Chen, Zefeng Wang, Jinbao Chen. Fiber oscillator of 5 kW using fiber Bragg gratings inscribed by a visible femtosecond laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(2): 021404 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We fabricate a pair of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) by a visible femtosecond laser phase mask scanning technique on passive large-mode-area double-cladding fibers for multi-kilowatt fiber oscillators. The bandwidth of high-reflection (HR) and low-reflection (LR) FBG is 1.6 nm and 0.3 nm, respectively. The reflection of the HR-FBG is higher than 99%, and that of the LR-FBG is about 10%. A bidirectional pumped all-fiber oscillator is constructed using this pair of FBGs, a record output power of 5027 W located in the signal core is achieved with a slope efficiency of 82.1%, and the beam quality factor M2 is measured to be 1.6 at the maximum power. The FBGs are simply fixed on a water cooling plate without a special package, and the thermal efficiency of the HR-FBG and the LR-FBG is 2.76°C/kW and 1°C/kW, respectively. Our research provides an effective solution for robust high-power all-fiber laser oscillators.
    Hongye Li, Xin Tian, Hao Li, Baiyi Wu, Xiaofan Zhao, Meng Wang, Chenhui Gao, Binyu Rao, Xiaoming Xi, Zilun Chen, Zefeng Wang, Jinbao Chen. Fiber oscillator of 5 kW using fiber Bragg gratings inscribed by a visible femtosecond laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(2): 021404
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