Graded-index (GRIN) fiber lens arrays are fabricated from commercial GRIN fibers to collimate a high-power laser diode array. The beam divergence angles are reduced to 4.2 and 14.7 mrad in the fast and slow axes, respectively. The influences of smile and fluctuation in fiber length are discussed. Using an aspherical focal lens system, about 74% power can be launched into a fiber with a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.22 and a core diameter of 400 µm.
Demonstrations of CW lasing in ceramic Cr2+:ZnSe are reported. The laser consists of a 1.7-mm
thick ceramic Cr2+:ZnSe disk pumped by a double-clad Tm-silica fiber laser at 2050 nm. Using a
concave HR mirror with a radius of curvature of 500 mm as the rear mirror, the laser delivers up to
1030mW of radiation around 2.367 μm.
A series-parallel model is introduced to calculate the effective thermal conductivities of hollow claddings of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). The temperature distribution and thermal-optical properties of PCF lasers are studied by solving the heat transfer equations. The average power scaling of the PCF lasers in respect of the thermal effects is also discussed.
High power diode-pumped planar waveguide Nd:YAG lasers with good output beam qualities are demonstrated with gain control technique. Around 100 W output power with nearly diffraction-limited beam quality is achieved by asymmetric edge-pumping and negative branch confocal unstable resonator. A miniature Nd:glass slab laser and a Nd-glass belt laser are also demonstrated. The beam quality in the Nd-glass belt laser is improved by V-groove pairs scribed on the edges of the Nd:glass belt.
A non-fusional fiber coupler is demonstrated for the high power double clad fiber lasers with optical adhesive technique. The fiber coupler is constructed by polishing a non-doped single-clad fiber at a bevel angle and then adhere to the doped double-clad fiber with an optical adhesive. The pump light is launched through the single-clad fiber to the doped double-clad fiber. The polished angle for the optimal coupling depends on the fiber numerical aperture and coupling efficiency of 90 percent can be achieved. The bend effects on the coupling efficiency is investigated and find that the degrade of coupling efficiency is very sensitive to distance between the bend to the coupling point. Finally, laser radiation is demonstrate with a Nd-doped double clad fiber in low pump regime.
Using Raman fiber laser (RFL), 350 m singlemode fiber and 50% feedback fiber Bragg grating (FBG) at 1484 nm, we obtain a high-efficiency ultra-broadband (1434 - 1527 nm) CW Supercontinuum (SC) centered at 1484 nm with an average output power of 2.08 W and nonlinear conversion efficiency of 94%. Spectral density of 22.3 mW/nm is obtained. The output of the SC for different fiber lengths in the Raman and the singlemode are reported.
We demonstrate a novel ring cavity for diode-pumped double-clad Tm-doped ber laser, which is constructed by placing the 45o angle-polished output end before the input end and the pump and laser power can re-launched into the ber. This design can reduce the reabsorption by using short length of bers without loss of pump efficiency. Furthermore, by adjusting the distance between the ber end and the objective lens, uni-directional output can be obtained. With a 80 cm long ber, 2.7 W single-mode continuous-wave output is generated for 11.5 W launched pump power.
The mutual effects of stimulated Raman scattering and four- wave mixing (FWM) in phosphosilicate fibers is studied experimentally and theoretically. It is found that the output spectra depend on the launched condition strongly. When only one mode is excited in the fiber, the output spectrum is determined by the competition of stimulated Raman scattering between the SiO2 and P2O5. The SiO2 Raman line is dominative with lower pump power or using of short length fiber. While the pump power is increased or the long fiber is used, the P2O5 Raman line increased and the SiO2 Raman line is suppressed. When two modes are excited in the fiber, the effects of four-wave mixing is dominative and the spectrum only consist of lines of FMW-assisted Raman scattering of SiO2.
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