Simple design for singlemode high power CW fiber laser using multimode high NA fiber

Bertrand Morasse; Stéphane Chatigny; Cynthia Desrosiers; Éric Gagnon; Marc-André Lapointe; Jean-Philippe de Sandro

doi:10.1117/12.807164

19 February 2009 Simple design for singlemode high power CW fiber laser using multimode high NA fiber

Bertrand Morasse, Stéphane Chatigny, Cynthia Desrosiers, Éric Gagnon, Marc-André Lapointe, Jean-Philippe de Sandro

Proceedings Volume 7195, Fiber Lasers VI: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 719505 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807164
Event: SPIE LASE: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

A large number of high power CW fiber lasers described in the literature use large mode area (LMA) double cladding fibers. These fibers have large core and low core numerical aperture (NA) to limit the number of supported modes and are typically operated under coiling to eliminate higher order modes. We describe here multimode (MM) high NA ytterbium doped fibers used in single mode output high power laser/amplifier configuration. Efficient single mode amplification is realized in the multimode doped fiber by matching the fundamental mode of the doped fiber to the LP₀₁ mode of the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and by selecting the upper V-number value that limits the overlap of the LP₀₁ to the higher order modes. We show that negligible mode coupling is realized in the doped fiber, which ensures a stable power output over external perturbation without the use of tapers. Fundamental mode operation is maintained at all time without coiling through the use of FBG written in a single mode fiber. We show that such fiber is inherently more photosensitive and easier to splice than LMA fiber. We demonstrate an efficient 75W singlemode CW fiber laser using this configuration and predict that the power scaling to the kW level can be achieved, the design being more practical and resistant to photodarkening compared to conventional low NA LMA fiber.

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Bertrand Morasse, Stéphane Chatigny, Cynthia Desrosiers, Éric Gagnon, Marc-André Lapointe, and Jean-Philippe de Sandro "Simple design for singlemode high power CW fiber laser using multimode high NA fiber", Proc. SPIE 7195, Fiber Lasers VI: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 719505 (19 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807164

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