We report an all-fibre monolithic master oscillator power amplifier configuration fibre laser bidirectionally pumped by non-wavelength-stabilized laser diodes. The Raman Effect and thermal problems can be effectively suppressed by the bidirectional pumping configuration. A small core diameter double-clad ytterbium-doped fibre is utilized in the amplifier for a refined beam quality control. As a result, a maximum output power of 3122 W and an opticalto-optical efficiency of 81.4% are achieved with near-diffraction-limitation beam quality. No mode instability was detected via a photodiode. Also, the output power instability was measured to be less than 0.6% during a continuous operation of 2 h.
In this study, original experimental data for fiber fuse in kW-level continuous-wave (CW) high power double-clad fiber (DCF) laser are reported. The propagating velocity of the fuse is 9.68 m/s in a 3.1-kW Yb-doped DCF laser. Three other cases in Yb-doped DCF are also observed. We think that the ignition of fiber fuse is caused by thermal mechanism, and the formation of bullet-shaped tracks is attributed to the optical discharge and temperature gradient. The inducements of initial fuse and formation of bullet-shaped voids are analyzed. This investigation of fiber fuse helps better understand the fiber fuse behavior, in order to avoid the catastrophic destruction caused by fiber fuse in high power fiber laser.
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