Universal all in fiber coherent light source at the wavelength 1550 nm and output power 5 W

Authors

  • Paweł Kaczmarek Wroclaw University of Technology
  • Grzegorz Soboń Wroclaw University of Technology
  • Adam Wąż Wroclaw University of Technology
  • Grzegorz Dudzik Wroclaw University of Technology
  • Arkadiusz J. Antończak Wroclaw University of Technology
  • Krzysztof M. Abramski Wroclaw University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v6i1.445

Abstract

A continuous-wave (CW) and Q-switched operation of a Ho:YLF laser resonantly, single-pass pumped by a Tm: fiber laser operating at a wavelength of 1940nm is presented. At room temperature, for an output coupler of 40% transmission, a maximum CW output power of 11.5W for 32.5W of incident pump power was achieved, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 40%. Applying Q-switching operation, and under CW pumping regime, the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) was changed from 1 to 10kHz. The maximum average output power of 11.23W at the PRF of 10kHz was obtained. Lowering the PRF to 1kHz allows achieving pulse energy of 4.97mJ in a 19ns pulse corresponding to the maximum peak power of 260kW. The Ho:YLF laser operated at the wavelength of 2050.5nm with a FWHM line width of 1.09nm. The output parameters of the laser radiation are sufficient enough to be used for range finding or for pumping mid-infrared optical parametric oscillators. In this paper we present fiber based coherent light source operating at 1550 nm wavelength and 5 W of the output power. It utilizes Master Oscillator Power Amplifier scheme of operation. This allowed to get a universal design which can work in couple different operation regimes: CW, pulsed and wideband ASE generation. All in fiber construction makes it to be compact and environmental conditions resistant.

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2014-03-31

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P. Kaczmarek, G. Soboń, A. Wąż, G. Dudzik, A. J. Antończak, and K. M. Abramski, “Universal all in fiber coherent light source at the wavelength 1550 nm and output power 5 W”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. pp. 20–22, Mar. 2014.

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