170 W, single-frequency, single-mode, linearly-polarized, Yb-doped all-fiber amplifier

doi:10.1364/OE.21.005456

170 W, single-frequency, single-mode, linearly-polarized, Yb-doped all-fiber amplifier

Lei Zhang, Shuzhen Cui, Chi Liu, Jun Zhou, and Yan Feng »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 5456-5462 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.005456

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A 170 W all-fiber linearly-polarized single-frequency sing-mode ytterbium amplifier at 1064 nm with an optical efficiency of 80% is demonstrated. 3.9 m long ytterbium-doped polarization maintaining fiber with a core diameter of 10 μm is used as the gain fiber, which guarantees a diffraction-limited output with a measured M² of 1.02. To suppress the stimulated Brillouin scattering, longitudinally varied strains are applied on the gain fiber according to the signal power evolution and the temperature distribution. 7 times increase of the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold is achieved.

OCIS Codes
(060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(290.5900) Scattering : Scattering, stimulated Brillouin

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: November 27, 2012
Revised Manuscript: January 16, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 18, 2013
Published: February 26, 2013

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Lei Zhang, Shuzhen Cui, Chi Liu, Jun Zhou, and Yan Feng, "170 W, single-frequency, single-mode, linearly-polarized, Yb-doped all-fiber amplifier," Opt. Express 21, 5456-5462 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-5-5456

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Y. Jeong, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, L. M. B. Hickey, and P. W. Turner “Power scaling of single-frequency ytterbium-doped fiber master-oscillator power-amplifier sources up to 500 W,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.13(3), 546–551 (2007). [CrossRef]
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[1] Y. Jeong, J. Nilsson, J. K. Sahu, D. N. Payne, R. Horley, L. M. B. Hickey, and P. W. Turner “Power scaling of single-frequency ytterbium-doped fiber master-oscillator power-amplifier sources up to 500 W,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.13(3), 546–551 (2007). [CrossRef]

[2] S. Gray, A. Liu, D. T. Walton, J. Wang, M.-J. Li, X. Chen, A. B. Ruffin, J. A. Demeritt, and L. A. Zenteno, “502 Watt, single transverse mode, narrow linewidth, bidirectionally pumped Yb-doped fiber amplifier,” Opt. Express15(25), 17044–17050 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] G. D. Goodno, L. D. Book, and J. E. Rothenberg, “Low-phase-noise, single-frequency, single-mode 608 W thulium fiber amplifier,” Opt. Lett.34(8), 1204–1206 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] M. D. Mermelstein, K. Brar, M. J. Andrejco, A. D. Yablon, M. Fishteyn, C. Headley, and D. J. DiGiovanni, “All-fiber 194 W single-frequency single-mode Yb-doped master-oscillator power-amplifier,” in Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), the 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE, 382–383 (2007).

[5] T. Theeg, H. Sayinc, J. Neumann, and D. Kracht, “All-fiber counter-propagation pumped single frequency amplifier stage with 300-W output power,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.24(20), 1864–1867 (2012). [CrossRef]

[6] X. L. Wang, P. Zhou, H. Xiao, Y. X. Ma, X. J. Xu, and Z. J. Liu, “310 W single-frequency all-fiber laser in master oscillator power amplification configuration,” Laser Phys. Lett.9(8), 591–595 (2012). [CrossRef]

[7] D. P. Machewirth, Q. Wang, B. Samson, K. Tankala, M. O'Connor, and M. Alam, “Current developments in high-power monolithic polarization maintaining fiber amplifiers for coherent beam combining applications,” Proc. SPIE 6453, Fiber Lasers IV: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 64531F–64531F (2007).

[8] C. Zeringue, C. Vergien, and I. Dajani, “Pump-limited, 203 W, single-frequency monolithic fiber amplifier based on laser gain competition,” Opt. Lett.36(5), 618–620 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] J. M. C. Boggio, J. D. Marconi, and H. L. Fragnito, “Experimental and numerical investigation of the SBS-threshold increase in an optical fiber by applying strain distributions,” J. Lightwave Technol.23(11), 3808–3814 (2005). [CrossRef]

[10] L. Zhang, J. Hu, J. Wang, and Y. Feng, “Stimulated-Brillouin-scattering-suppressed high-power single-frequency polarization-maintaining Raman fiber amplifier with longitudinally varied strain for laser guide star,” Opt. Lett.37(22), 4796–4798 (2012). [PubMed]

[11] A. Liu, “Stimulated Brillouin scattering in single-frequency fiber amplifiers with delivery fibers,” Opt. Express17(17), 15201–15209 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] C. Vergien, I. Dajani, and C. Zeringue, “Theoretical analysis of single-frequency Raman fiber amplifier system operating at 1178 nm,” Opt. Express18(25), 26214–26228 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] Y. Fan, B. He, J. Zhou, J. Zheng, H. Liu, Y. Wei, J. Dong, and Q. Lou, “Thermal effects in kilowatt all-fiber MOPA,” Opt. Express19(16), 15162–15172 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] I. Dajani, C. Vergien, C. Robin, and C. Zeringue, “Experimental and theoretical investigations of photonic crystal fiber amplifier with 260 W output,” Opt. Express17(26), 24317–24333 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] M. Nikles, L. Thevenaz, and P. A. Robert, “Brillouin gain spectrum characterization in single-mode optical fibers,” J. Lightwave Technol.15(10), 1842–1851 (1997). [CrossRef]

[16] Corning. Inc., http://www.corning.com/opticalfiber/library/fiber_mechanical_reliability/calculators.aspx .

[17] T. Horiguchi, K. Shimizu, T. Kurashima, M. Tateda, and Y. Koyamada, “Development of a distributed sensing technique using Brillouin scattering,” J. Lightwave Technol.13(7), 1296–1302 (1995). [CrossRef]

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