Two-stage linearly-polarized ytterbium-doped fibre superfluorescent source with 106 W output power

Author

Wang, P. ; Clarkson, W.A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southampton, Southampton

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The authors reported a 106 W single-mode, single-ended fibre superfluorescent source with a linearly-polarized output beam based on a simple two-stage configuration comprising a cladding-pumped Yb-doped fibre superfluorescent seed stage and a polarization-maintaining (PM) cladding-pumped Yb-doped fibre amplifier stage. The experimental set-up is shown. The seed-stage comprised a 7-m-long Yb-doped double-clad fibre and a 15 W diode pump source at 915nm. The fibre had a 20-alpham-diameter Yb-doped alumino-silicate core with a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.06, and a pure silica inner-cladding of diameter, 400-alpham.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; light polarisation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; superradiance; ytterbium; Al₂O₃SiO₂:Yb; Yb-doped alumino-silicate core; cladding-pumped fibre amplifier; diode pump source; double-clad fibre; fibre amplifier stage; linearly-polarized output beam; linearly-polarized superfluorescent source; numerical aperture; polarization-maintaining; pure silica inner-cladding; simple two-stage configuration; two-stage superfluorescent source; wavelength 915 nm; Apertures; Biomedical imaging; Brightness; Diodes; Isolators; Metrology; Optical fiber polarization; Power generation; Spectroscopy; Spontaneous emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386492

Filename

4386492