Near-diffraction-limited linearly polarized narrow-linewidth random fiber laser with record kilowatt output

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摘要 Inthispaper,weproposeandexperimentallyinvestigatealinearlypolarizednarrow-linewidthrandomfiberlaser(RFL)operatingat1080nmandboosttheoutputpowertokilowattlevelwithnear-diffraction-limitedbeamqualityusingamasteroscillationpoweramplifier.TheRFLbasedonahalf-openedcavity,whichiscomposedofalinearlypolarizednarrow-linewidthfiberBragggratinganda500mpieceofpolarization-maintainedGe-dopedfiber,generatesa0.71Wseedlaserwithan88pmfullwidthathalf-maximum(FWHM)linewidthanda22.5dBpolarizationextinctionratio(PER)forpowerscaling.Atwo-stagefiberamplifierenhancestheseedlasertothemaximal1.01kWwithaPERvalueof17dBandabeamqualityofM_x~2=1.15andM_y~2=1.13.NostimulatedBrillouinscatteringeffectisobservedattheultimatepowerlevel,andtheFWHMlinewidthoftheamplifiedrandomlaserbroadenslinearlyasafunctionoftheoutputpowerwithacoefficientofabout0.1237pm∕W.Tothebestofourknowledge,thisisthefirstdemonstrationofalinearlypolarizednarrow-linewidthRFLwithevenkilowatt-levelnear-diffraction-limitedoutput,andfurtherperformancescalingisongoing.
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出版日期 2017年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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