Yb3+ doped single-mode silica fibre laser system for high peak power applications

Authors

  • Marcin Franczyk Department of Glass, Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Wolczynska 133, 01-919 Warsaw, Poland http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8937-8015
  • Dariusz Pysz Department of Glass, Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Wólczynska 133, 01-919 Warsaw, Poland
  • Filip Włodarczyk Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
  • Ireneusz Kujawa Department of Glass, Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Wólczyńska 133, 01-919 Warsaw, Poland
  • Ryszard Buczyński Department of Glass, Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Wolczynska 133, 01-919 Warsaw, Poland Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2863-725X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v12i4.1075

Abstract

We present ytterbium doped silica single-mode fibre components for high power and high energy laser applications. We developed in-house the fibre laser with high efficiency of 65% according to the launched power, the threshold of 1.16W and the fibre length of 20 m. We also elaborated the fibre with 20 µm in diameter core suitable for amplifying the beam generated in oscillator. We implemented made in-house endcaps to prove the utility of the fibre towards high peak power applications.

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2020-12-31

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M. Franczyk, D. Pysz, F. Włodarczyk, I. Kujawa, and R. Buczyński, “Yb3+ doped single-mode silica fibre laser system for high peak power applications”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 118–120, Dec. 2020.

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Vol. 12 No. 4 (2020)

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