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中国物理学会期刊

530 W全光纤结构连续掺铥光纤激光器

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.69.20200466

530 W all-fiber continuous-wave Tm-doped fiber laser

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.69.20200466
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  • 采用改进的化学气相沉积工艺结合溶液掺杂法制备了掺Tm3+石英光纤预制棒, 并拉制成纤芯/包层尺寸约为25/400 μm的双包层掺Tm3+光纤, 通过电子探针显微分析测得其中Tm2O3和Al2O3的浓度分别为2.6 wt%和1.01 wt%, 在793 nm处测得的包层吸收为3 dB/m. 基于上述大模场掺Tm3+光纤, 搭建了一个高功率全光纤主振荡功率放大结构的掺Tm3+光纤激光器, 窄线宽掺Tm3+种子源经过一级放大后, 最高输出功率达到530 W, 对应的斜率效率为50%, 输出激光的中心波长为1980.89 nm. 实验中没有观察到明显的放大自发辐射和非线性效应, 输出功率仅受限于抽运功率. 该结果为目前国内2 μm波段全光纤结构激光器实现的最高输出功率, 验证了国产掺Tm3+石英光纤在高功率系统中的可靠性.

     

    In the past decades, thulium-doped fiber lasers (TDFLs) operating in an eye-safe range have attracted considerable attention, for they have extensive applications such as LIDAR, free space communication, medical diagnostics and pumping source for holmium-doped fiber laser or optical parameter oscillator. In this paper, we report a high power all-fiberized TDFL based on main-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) configuration. The preform is fabricated by the modified chemical vapor deposition method combined with solution doping technique and drawn into a core/clad size of 25/400 μm. The numerical aperture of the TDF is 0.1. The concentration of Tm2O3 and Al2O3 are 2.6 wt% and 1.01 wt%, respectively, measured by an electron probe micro-analyzer. The cladding absorption is 3 dB/m at 793 nm measured by cut-back method. The oscillator consists of 8 m 25/400 TDF mentioned above and a pair of fiber Bragg gratings. The oscillator yields maximum power of 91 W with pump power of 202 W and a 3 dB spectral bandwidth as narrow as 75 pm. In the amplifier stage, the bi-directional pumping scheme is employed. The narrow linewidth seed with output power of 57 W is scaled to 530 W through one-stage amplification, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 50%. The central wavelength of the Tm-doped MOPA is 1980.89 nm and the linewidth is broadened to 0.11 nm at 530 W. The measured M 2 factor at 100 W is less than 1.3. Neither obvious amplified spontaneous emission nor non-linear effect is observed, and the output power is only limited by pump power. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power of TDF at present.

     

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