The image quality of space object or the Laser propagation characteristics in atmosphere will be degraded by the effect of turbulence. Adaptive optics can be used to correct atmospheric turbulent aberration, but the anisoplanatic effect of atmospheric turbulence is unavoidable. Adopting the special spectral filtering method, different type of anisoplanatism in different scene are systemically modelled, and the formulae that describing different type of anisoplanatic variance and their Zernike model components are obtained. According to HV turbulent outline, the characteristics of Zernike model components of different type of anisoplanatic variance are analyzed.
{"title":"Analysis of atmospheric turbulence anisoplanatism","authors":"Jianzhu Zhang, Feizhou Zhang","doi":"10.1117/12.2065214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065214","url":null,"abstract":"The image quality of space object or the Laser propagation characteristics in atmosphere will be degraded by the effect of turbulence. Adaptive optics can be used to correct atmospheric turbulent aberration, but the anisoplanatic effect of atmospheric turbulence is unavoidable. Adopting the special spectral filtering method, different type of anisoplanatism in different scene are systemically modelled, and the formulae that describing different type of anisoplanatic variance and their Zernike model components are obtained. According to HV turbulent outline, the characteristics of Zernike model components of different type of anisoplanatic variance are analyzed.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126992956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The quality of clamping device for PPMgLN crystal has a vital influence on the optical property of solid-state laser. It has highly requirements of work stability and environmental adaptation ability, especially the thermal adaptation under high temperature differences. To achieve thermal adaptation, structural stiffness will be unavoidably weakened. How to keep both enough stiffness and thermal adaptation as far as possible is the key design point and also difficult point. In this paper, a kind of flexible thermal release unit which can work permanent under 130±10°C is studied. Thermal compensation principle and flexible thermal release theory are applied. Analysis results indicate that this device can effectively decreased the thermal stress of the crystal from 85MPa to 0.66MPa. The results of the vibration resistance test on the optical axis direction of the crystal indicate that the device can provide at least 5.62N to resistant 57.2g impact vibration and 18.5g impact vibration in the side direction, well satisfied the requirements of ability to resistant 6g impact vibration.
{"title":"Design and analysis on thermal adaptive clamping device for PPMgLN crystal used in solid state laser","authors":"C. Yan, Yongliang Chen, Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1117/12.2065229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065229","url":null,"abstract":"The quality of clamping device for PPMgLN crystal has a vital influence on the optical property of solid-state laser. It has highly requirements of work stability and environmental adaptation ability, especially the thermal adaptation under high temperature differences. To achieve thermal adaptation, structural stiffness will be unavoidably weakened. How to keep both enough stiffness and thermal adaptation as far as possible is the key design point and also difficult point. In this paper, a kind of flexible thermal release unit which can work permanent under 130±10°C is studied. Thermal compensation principle and flexible thermal release theory are applied. Analysis results indicate that this device can effectively decreased the thermal stress of the crystal from 85MPa to 0.66MPa. The results of the vibration resistance test on the optical axis direction of the crystal indicate that the device can provide at least 5.62N to resistant 57.2g impact vibration and 18.5g impact vibration in the side direction, well satisfied the requirements of ability to resistant 6g impact vibration.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127740013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
International standard ISO 10110-7 sets a strict limit on the size and quantity for surface defects of an optical element. For high-power laser, sub-beams caused by defects with different distributions interfere with each other in the transmission process, causing beam quality complex changes. So it is necessary to make a clear limitation on relative position of defects, thereby giving the standard a more comprehensive supplement. Based on the diffraction theory, the changes of beam modulation are studied. The influence of scratch depth on the distribution of near field beam modulation is also taken into account. Results demonstrate that when two parallel scratches are on the same or different surfaces of an element, they produce more severe modulation than single scratch, and the maximum modulation can be increased to 1.5 times. Meanwhile more strict requirements for scratch depth are put forward. The results could provide reference for the determination of defects specifications for large-diameter optical elements in high-power laser systems.
{"title":"Influence of distribution of optical component surface defects on near field beam quality","authors":"Kewei You, Yanli Zhang, Xuejie Zhang, Junyong Zhang, Jianqiang Zhu","doi":"10.1117/12.2071341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071341","url":null,"abstract":"International standard ISO 10110-7 sets a strict limit on the size and quantity for surface defects of an optical element. For high-power laser, sub-beams caused by defects with different distributions interfere with each other in the transmission process, causing beam quality complex changes. So it is necessary to make a clear limitation on relative position of defects, thereby giving the standard a more comprehensive supplement. Based on the diffraction theory, the changes of beam modulation are studied. The influence of scratch depth on the distribution of near field beam modulation is also taken into account. Results demonstrate that when two parallel scratches are on the same or different surfaces of an element, they produce more severe modulation than single scratch, and the maximum modulation can be increased to 1.5 times. Meanwhile more strict requirements for scratch depth are put forward. The results could provide reference for the determination of defects specifications for large-diameter optical elements in high-power laser systems.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131802437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
1 Δg oxygen was the active medium of chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL), the concentration and distribution of 1 Δg oxygen was important for the output power and beam quality. However, the current test technique, such as fluorescence detection method, absorption spectrum method could not get accurate 1 Δg oxygen information, due to the interference from the iodine fluorescence or the rigorous request of the laser source and optics and detection elements. The anti-stokes Raman spectrum of 1 Δg oxygen was regarded as a potential technique to obtain desirable signal, and the coherent anti-stokes Raman scatter (CARS) was the most feasible technique to get better signal to noise ratio (SNR). In this paper, we reported a broadband nanosecond coherent anti-stokes Raman scatter (CARS) detecting system built up for the detection of the concentration and distribution of O2( 1 Δg) in COIL:The second harmonic of a Nd: YAG pulse laser was separated into two parts, one part was used to pump a broadband nanosecond dye laser to generate light of 578-580 nm, which covered both stokes lines of O2 ( 1 Δg)and O2 (3 ∑); The other part was combined with dye laser output by a dichroic mirror, and then introduced into the detection region of COIL through a focus lens. CARS signals for O2(1 Δg)and O2 (3 ∑)have different wavelengths, and their intensity was proportional to the square of the concentration of O2(1 Δg) and O2( 3 ∑). By changing the focus spot of pump and stokes laser, the concentration distribution of O2(1 Δg) and O2(3 ∑)at different position could be obtained.
{"title":"O2 (1Δg) detection using broadband CARS","authors":"Jinbo Liu, Jingwei Guo, X. Cai, Baodong Gai, Qingkun Meng, Yuqi Jin","doi":"10.1117/12.2065289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065289","url":null,"abstract":"1 Δg oxygen was the active medium of chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL), the concentration and distribution of 1 Δg oxygen was important for the output power and beam quality. However, the current test technique, such as fluorescence detection method, absorption spectrum method could not get accurate 1 Δg oxygen information, due to the interference from the iodine fluorescence or the rigorous request of the laser source and optics and detection elements. The anti-stokes Raman spectrum of 1 Δg oxygen was regarded as a potential technique to obtain desirable signal, and the coherent anti-stokes Raman scatter (CARS) was the most feasible technique to get better signal to noise ratio (SNR). In this paper, we reported a broadband nanosecond coherent anti-stokes Raman scatter (CARS) detecting system built up for the detection of the concentration and distribution of O2( 1 Δg) in COIL:The second harmonic of a Nd: YAG pulse laser was separated into two parts, one part was used to pump a broadband nanosecond dye laser to generate light of 578-580 nm, which covered both stokes lines of O2 ( 1 Δg)and O2 (3 ∑); The other part was combined with dye laser output by a dichroic mirror, and then introduced into the detection region of COIL through a focus lens. CARS signals for O2(1 Δg)and O2 (3 ∑)have different wavelengths, and their intensity was proportional to the square of the concentration of O2(1 Δg) and O2( 3 ∑). By changing the focus spot of pump and stokes laser, the concentration distribution of O2(1 Δg) and O2(3 ∑)at different position could be obtained.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132130646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Results obtained from a small discharge cross section (10×10 mm), high pressure (10 bar) TE CO2 laser are presented demonstrating continuous wavelength tunability of the laser. Two arbitrary wavelength regions in the 9P and 10P branches are chosen to demonstrate the continuous tunability of the laser wavelength. Furthermore stability of the laser output is demonstrated over extended periods of operation. Other output parameters of the high pressure laser such as temporal pulse profile and peak pulse power were also measured. Preliminary results will be presented of a discharge system scaled to larger discharge cross sections intended for high pressure amplifiers in ultra short pulse terawatt laser systems. Electrode separations of up to 50 mm have been investigated with measured discharge widths of 80 mm. The system has been operated at gas pressures of up to 3.5 bar with various CO2 laser gas mixtures. Discharge stability studies and gain measurements are reported.
从一个小放电截面(10×10 mm),高压(10 bar) TE CO2激光器得到的结果表明,激光器的连续波长可调性。在9P和10P分支中选择两个任意波长区域来演示激光波长的连续可调性。此外,稳定性的激光输出证明了在长时间的操作。此外,还测量了高压激光器的脉冲时间分布和脉冲峰值功率等输出参数。初步结果将提出一个放电系统缩放到更大的放电截面,用于超短脉冲太瓦激光系统中的高压放大器。电极分离高达50毫米已研究与测量的放电宽度为80毫米。该系统已在高达3.5 bar的气体压力下与各种CO2激光气体混合物一起工作。报告了放电稳定性研究和增益测量。
{"title":"Continuously wavelength tunable high pressure CO2 lasers","authors":"H. V. von Bergmann, Francois Morkel","doi":"10.1117/12.2067998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2067998","url":null,"abstract":"Results obtained from a small discharge cross section (10×10 mm), high pressure (10 bar) TE CO2 laser are presented demonstrating continuous wavelength tunability of the laser. Two arbitrary wavelength regions in the 9P and 10P branches are chosen to demonstrate the continuous tunability of the laser wavelength. Furthermore stability of the laser output is demonstrated over extended periods of operation. Other output parameters of the high pressure laser such as temporal pulse profile and peak pulse power were also measured. Preliminary results will be presented of a discharge system scaled to larger discharge cross sections intended for high pressure amplifiers in ultra short pulse terawatt laser systems. Electrode separations of up to 50 mm have been investigated with measured discharge widths of 80 mm. The system has been operated at gas pressures of up to 3.5 bar with various CO2 laser gas mixtures. Discharge stability studies and gain measurements are reported.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"181 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134122709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qingwei Li, Yuqi Jin, Zicai Geng, Yongzhao Li, Yuelong Zhang, F. Sang
A chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) is an electronic transition, low pressure, high throughput system. The use of this laser demands a suitable pressure recovery system. This paper proposed a novel pressure recovery system based on chemical absorption and the feasibility for COIL with CO2 as buffer gas (CO2-COIL) was investigated. The novel pressure recovery system works by chemisorbing the CO2-COIL effluents into two fixed-beds maintained at initial temperature of around 293-323K. Compared with the cryosorption system for N2-COIL based on physical absorption, the novel chemisorptions based pressure recovery system has a simpler logistics and a shorter run-to-run preparation time. Two kinds of solid chemo-sorbents were designed and synthesized. One was used for chemisorbing the oxidizing gases such as O2 ,Cl2 and I2, another was used for chemisorbing the acidic gas such as CO2. The capacities of the two sorbents were measured to be 3.12 mmol(O2)/g and 3.84 mmol (CO2) /g, respectively. It indicated that the synthesized sorbents could effectively chemosorb the CO2-COIL effluents. Secondly, analog test equipment was set up and used to study the feasibility of the novel pressure recovery system used for CO2-COIL. The test results showed that the novel pressure recovery system could maintain the pressure under 6 Torr for tens seconds under the continuous gas flow. It showed that the novel pressure recovery system for CO2-COIL based on chemical absorption is feasible.
{"title":"Feasibility study of a novel pressure recovery system for CO2-COIL based on chemical absorption","authors":"Qingwei Li, Yuqi Jin, Zicai Geng, Yongzhao Li, Yuelong Zhang, F. Sang","doi":"10.1117/12.2065368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065368","url":null,"abstract":"A chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) is an electronic transition, low pressure, high throughput system. The use of this laser demands a suitable pressure recovery system. This paper proposed a novel pressure recovery system based on chemical absorption and the feasibility for COIL with CO2 as buffer gas (CO2-COIL) was investigated. The novel pressure recovery system works by chemisorbing the CO2-COIL effluents into two fixed-beds maintained at initial temperature of around 293-323K. Compared with the cryosorption system for N2-COIL based on physical absorption, the novel chemisorptions based pressure recovery system has a simpler logistics and a shorter run-to-run preparation time. Two kinds of solid chemo-sorbents were designed and synthesized. One was used for chemisorbing the oxidizing gases such as O2 ,Cl2 and I2, another was used for chemisorbing the acidic gas such as CO2. The capacities of the two sorbents were measured to be 3.12 mmol(O2)/g and 3.84 mmol (CO2) /g, respectively. It indicated that the synthesized sorbents could effectively chemosorb the CO2-COIL effluents. Secondly, analog test equipment was set up and used to study the feasibility of the novel pressure recovery system used for CO2-COIL. The test results showed that the novel pressure recovery system could maintain the pressure under 6 Torr for tens seconds under the continuous gas flow. It showed that the novel pressure recovery system for CO2-COIL based on chemical absorption is feasible.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"267 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134070667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Excimer laser has been shown to be efficient tools in plasma physics and material science. Recent progress on techniques of beam control in excimer laser system required for energy scaling are overviewed, Configuration and initial results of a 100J/10ns, 18 beam excimer laser system are given.
{"title":"Progress on high power excimer laser in NINT","authors":"Xue-qing Zhao, Jing-ru Liu, Ai-ping Yi, Yongshen Zhang, Dahui Wang, Yong-xiang Zhu, Hang Qian, Yun Hu, Lian-ying Ma, Quan-xi Xue, Chao Huang, Bibo Shao, Li Yu","doi":"10.1117/12.2071220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2071220","url":null,"abstract":"Excimer laser has been shown to be efficient tools in plasma physics and material science. Recent progress on techniques of beam control in excimer laser system required for energy scaling are overviewed, Configuration and initial results of a 100J/10ns, 18 beam excimer laser system are given.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115799961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We report a quasi-CW linearly-polarized rubidium vapor laser. The pumping source consists of 5 laser diode bars and its linewidth is reduced from the raw 1.8 nm to 0.2 nm by a bulk Volume Bragg Grating (VBG). Instead of adopting the “quasi-waveguide structure” gain cell, the pumping light of the rubidium vapor laser propagates freely in the vapor cell. The pumping light with polarization perpendicular to one of the rubidium laser is coupled into the resonator cavity by the PBS. Output power of 10 W with good beam quality is realized. This laser configuration is suitable for a convection-cooling DPAL.
{"title":"A quasi-CW linearly polarized rubidium vapor laser pumped by a 5-bar laser diode stack","authors":"Zhiyong Li, Rongqing Tan, Wei Huang, Dandan Zhang","doi":"10.1117/12.2065084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065084","url":null,"abstract":"We report a quasi-CW linearly-polarized rubidium vapor laser. The pumping source consists of 5 laser diode bars and its linewidth is reduced from the raw 1.8 nm to 0.2 nm by a bulk Volume Bragg Grating (VBG). Instead of adopting the “quasi-waveguide structure” gain cell, the pumping light of the rubidium vapor laser propagates freely in the vapor cell. The pumping light with polarization perpendicular to one of the rubidium laser is coupled into the resonator cavity by the PBS. Output power of 10 W with good beam quality is realized. This laser configuration is suitable for a convection-cooling DPAL.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125194814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pu Zhang, Jingwei Wang, D. Hou, Zhenfu Wang, Lingling Xiong, Hui Liu, Zhiqiang Nie, Xingsheng Liu
With the improvement of output power, efficiency and reliability, high power semiconductor lasers have been applied in more and more fields. In this paper, a conduction-cooled, high peak output power semiconductor laser array was studied and developed. The structure and operation parameters of G-Stack semiconductor laser array were designed and optimized using finite element method (FEM). A Quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) conduction-cooled G-Stack semiconductor laser array with a narrow spectrum width was fabricated successfully.
{"title":"A 3000W 808nm QCW G-stack semiconductor laser array","authors":"Pu Zhang, Jingwei Wang, D. Hou, Zhenfu Wang, Lingling Xiong, Hui Liu, Zhiqiang Nie, Xingsheng Liu","doi":"10.1117/12.2065663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065663","url":null,"abstract":"With the improvement of output power, efficiency and reliability, high power semiconductor lasers have been applied in more and more fields. In this paper, a conduction-cooled, high peak output power semiconductor laser array was studied and developed. The structure and operation parameters of G-Stack semiconductor laser array were designed and optimized using finite element method (FEM). A Quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) conduction-cooled G-Stack semiconductor laser array with a narrow spectrum width was fabricated successfully.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132353061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The side-coupled cladding-pumped fiber has many advantages in terms of system design, ease of pump injection, signal extraction and power scalability over traditional double cladding fiber. We demonstrate a 290-W all home-made side-coupled cladding-pumped fiber laser with the slope efficiency of 67.8%. To the best of our knowledge, the slope efficiency is the highest for the published high power fiber laser based on the DSCCP fiber. The slope efficiency of the home-made side-coupled cladding-pumped fiber amplifier is mainly limited by the background loss, pump light coupling and pump light absorption. The results show that the power ratio of signal light to residual pump light is near 20 dB. The pump light is not absorbed enough that the slope efficiency can be further improved by optimizing the amplifier structure.
{"title":"Home-made high efficiency side-pumped fiber amplifiers","authors":"Zhihe Huang, Jianqiu Cao, Shaofeng Guo, Z. Pan, Jin-yong Leng, Jin-bao Chen","doi":"10.1117/12.2065393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2065393","url":null,"abstract":"The side-coupled cladding-pumped fiber has many advantages in terms of system design, ease of pump injection, signal extraction and power scalability over traditional double cladding fiber. We demonstrate a 290-W all home-made side-coupled cladding-pumped fiber laser with the slope efficiency of 67.8%. To the best of our knowledge, the slope efficiency is the highest for the published high power fiber laser based on the DSCCP fiber. The slope efficiency of the home-made side-coupled cladding-pumped fiber amplifier is mainly limited by the background loss, pump light coupling and pump light absorption. The results show that the power ratio of signal light to residual pump light is near 20 dB. The pump light is not absorbed enough that the slope efficiency can be further improved by optimizing the amplifier structure.","PeriodicalId":293926,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on High Power Laser Systems and Applications","volume":"385 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134447277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}