Mode instability in high power fiber amplifiers

doi:10.1364/OE.19.010180

Optics Express

Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
Vol. 19, Iss. 11 — May. 23, 2011
pp: 10180–10192

Mode instability in high power fiber amplifiers

Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 11, pp. 10180-10192 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.010180

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Abstract

For powers exceeding a sharp threshold in the vicinity of several hundred watts the beam quality from some narrow bandwidth fiber amplifiers is severely degraded. We show that this can be caused by transverse thermal gradients induced by the amplification process.

OCIS Codes
(060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
(060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: March 24, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: April 29, 2011
Published: May 9, 2011

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Arlee V. Smith and Jesse J. Smith, "Mode instability in high power fiber amplifiers," Opt. Express 19, 10180-10192 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-11-10180

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C. Jauregui, T. Eidam, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “The impact of modal interference on the beam quality of high-power fiber amplifiers,” Opt. Express 19, 3258–3271 (2011), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-4-3258 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. Eidam, S. Hanf, E. Seise, T. V. Andersen, T. Gabler, C. Wirth, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “Femtosecond fiber CPA system emitting 830 W average output power,” Opt. Lett. 35, 94–96 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-2-94 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. Stutzki, F. Jansen, T. Eidam, A. Steinmetz, C. Jauregui, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “High average power large-pitch fiber amplifier with robust single-mode operation,” Opt. Lett. 36, 689–691 (2011), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-5-689 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Antipov, O. L.
Feit, M. D.
Fleck, J. A.
Fotiadi, A. A.
Li, L.
Mégret, P.
Shi, P.
Zhang, L. L.

Appl. Opt.

M. D. Feit and J. A. Fleck “Light propagation in graded-index optical fibers,” Appl. Opt. 17, 3990–3998 (1978). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. B

L. L. Zhang, P. Shi, and L. Li, “Semianalytical thermal analysis of rectangle Nd:GGG in heat capacity laser,” Appl. Phys. B 101, 137–142 (2010). [CrossRef]

Other

C. Jauregui, T. Eidam, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “The impact of modal interference on the beam quality of high-power fiber amplifiers,” Opt. Express 19, 3258–3271 (2011), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-4-3258 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. Eidam, S. Hanf, E. Seise, T. V. Andersen, T. Gabler, C. Wirth, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “Femtosecond fiber CPA system emitting 830 W average output power,” Opt. Lett. 35, 94–96 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-35-2-94 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. Stutzki, F. Jansen, T. Eidam, A. Steinmetz, C. Jauregui, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, “High average power large-pitch fiber amplifier with robust single-mode operation,” Opt. Lett. 36, 689–691 (2011), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-5-689 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. W. Arkwright, P. Elango, G. R. Atkins, T. Whitbread, and M. J. F. Digonnet, “Experimental and theoretical analysis of the resonant nonlinearity in ytterbium-doped fiber,” J. Lightwave Tech. 16, 798–806 (1998), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=jlt-16-5-798 . [CrossRef]
A. A. Fotiadi, O. L. Antipov, and P. Mégret, “Resonantly induced refractive index changes in Yb-doped fibers: the origin, properties and application for all-fiber coherent beam combining,” in Frontiers in Guided Wave Optics and Optoelectronics , B. Pal, ed. (Intec, 2010), pp. 209–234.
N. Andermahr and C. Fallnich, “Optically induced long-period fiber gratings for guided mode conversion in few-mode fiber,” Opt. Express 18, 4411–4416 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-5-4411 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Chi, J.-P. Huignard, and P. M. Petersen, “A general theory of two-wave mixing in nonlinear media,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 26, 1578–1584 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-26-8-1578 . [CrossRef]
R. Soulard, A. Brignon, J.-P. Huignard, and R. Moncorgé, “Non-degenerate near-resonant two-wave mixing in diode pumped Nd3+ and Yb3+ doped crystals in the presence of athermal refractive index grating,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, 2203–2210 (2010), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-27-11-2203 . [CrossRef]

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