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Beam quality degradation of a single-frequency Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier with low mode instability threshold power |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 20, pp. 4242-4244 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.004242
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Abstract
A current limit in power scaling of Yb-doped fiber amplifiers is the sudden onset of mode instabilities. We investigated this effect on a single-frequency Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier with a low mode instability threshold power. By measuring the overlap of the fiber output beam with the fundamental mode of an external cavity to be about 95%, we could exclude significant modal power transfer below a sharp power threshold. Furthermore, we directly measured the frequency resolved intensity noise spectra. No fluctuations in the overall output power were observed, but for the modal content different oscillation regimes were identified.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
(140.3295) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam characterization
(060.5295) Fiber optics and optical communications : Photonic crystal fibers
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: July 27, 2012
Revised Manuscript: September 7, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 7, 2012
Published: October 9, 2012
Citation
Malte Karow, Henrik Tünnermann, Jörg Neumann, Dietmar Kracht, and Peter Weßels, "Beam quality degradation of a single-frequency Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier with low mode instability threshold power," Opt. Lett. 37, 4242-4244 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-20-4242
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