• DocumentCode
    2870939
  • Title

    Beam cleanup in a self-aligned gradient index Brillouin cavity for high power multimode fiber amplifiers

  • Author

    Lombard, L. ; Brignon, A. ; Huignard, J.P. ; Lallier, E. ; Georges, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Thales Res. & Technol. - France, Palaiseau
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We describe a beam cleanup setup to convert a multimode beam into a singlemode beam by stimulated-Brillouin-scattering in a multimode gradient-index fiber. A M2=6.5 beam is converted into a M2=1.3 beam with 31% efficiency.
  • Keywords
    gradient index optics; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; beam cleanup setup; efficiency 31 percent; high power multimode fiber amplifier; multimode beam; multimode gradient-index fiber; self-aligned gradient index Brillouin cavity; singlemode beam; stimulated-Brillouin-scattering; Brillouin scattering; Fiber lasers; Geometry; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; 060.2320; 190.4370; 190.5890; 290.5900;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628214
  • Filename
    4628214
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2870939