Technique for the combining of double-clad optical fiber lasers

Xiaojun Li; Fei Luo; Stephen Bradley Ippolito; Theodore F. Morse

doi:10.1117/12.502208

3 July 2003 Technique for the combining of double-clad optical fiber lasers

Xiaojun Li, Fei Luo, Stephen Bradley Ippolito, Theodore F. Morse

Proceedings Volume 4974, Advances in Fiber Lasers; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.502208
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

High energy laser systems, both pulsd and CW, have become of significant interst in the recent past. To achieve higher powers in a laser system, it is often necessary to consider means by which individual lasers can be made coherent with one another. This can be achieved through the use of a master oscillator concept, which can have problems with overall stability, or by monitoring the phases of each individual laser and using feedback technique that can be used to combine individual pumped fiber gain sources into a cavity with a single output and a single set of longitudinal modes. We discuss the advantages of end pumping of double clad fiber lasers and speculate on means by which an all-glass double clad fiber laser may be developed.

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Xiaojun Li, Fei Luo, Stephen Bradley Ippolito, and Theodore F. Morse "Technique for the combining of double-clad optical fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 4974, Advances in Fiber Lasers, (3 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.502208

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