Widely Tunable Single-Mode Yb-Doped All-Fiber Master Oscillator Power Amplifier

Author

Jinmeng Hu ; Lei Zhang ; Yan Feng

Author_Institution

Shanghai Key Lab. of Solid State Laser & Applic., Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Shanghai, China

Volume

27

Issue

24

fYear

2015

Firstpage

2559

Lastpage

2562

Abstract

A Yb-doped linearly polarized fiber ring oscillator continuously tunable from 1000 to 1099 nm is built and amplification over the whole range is investigated with emphasis on the short wavelength regime of 1000-1025 nm. With an all-fiber single-mode polarization-maintaining master oscillator power amplifier, over 10 W output from 1010 to 1090 nm and over 30 W from 1014 to 1080 nm are achieved. At wavelength <;1020 nm, bandpass filters are inserted for suppressing amplified spontaneous emission. The source can be used in a variety of applications, including laser cooling of Yb-doped solids.

Keywords

band-pass filters; laser cooling; laser modes; laser tuning; light sources; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; superradiance; ytterbium; all-fiber single-mode polarization-maintaining master oscillator power amplifier; amplified spontaneous emission suppression; bandpass filters; laser cooling; optical source; short wavelength regime; wavelength 1000 nm to 1099 nm; widely tunable single-mode ytterbium-doped all-fiber master oscillator power amplifier; ytterbium-doped linearly polarized fiber ring oscillator; Band-pass filters; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Tuning; Fiber lasers; doped fiber amplifiers; laser tuning;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2015.2477896

Filename

7254125