Design, fabrication, and optical gain performance of the gain-guided and index-antiguided Nd^3+-doped phosphate glass fiber

Xiao, Sun; Zhang, Liaolin; Ding, Jianyong; Wei, Wei

doi:10.1364/josab.34.000998

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“…Another important advantage of phosphate glasses in power scaling of fiber lasers is related to the possibility to easily adjust the refractive indices [41]. Thus, DC optical fibers with a reduced core numerical aperture (NA) and hence a much larger single-mode core are feasible.…”

Section: Yb-doped Phosphate Fiber Lasers and Amplifiersmentioning

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Highly Doped Phosphate Glass Fibers for Compact Lasers and Amplifiers: A Review

et al. 2017

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Abstract:In recent years, the exploitation of compact laser sources and amplifiers in fiber form has found extensive applications in industrial and scientific fields. The fiber format offers compactness, high beam quality through single-mode regime and excellent heat dissipation, thus leading to high laser reliability and long-term stability. The realization of devices based on this technology requires an active medium with high optical gain over a short length to increase efficiency while mitigating nonlinear optical effects. Multicomponent phosphate glasses meet these requirements thanks to the high solubility of rare-earth ions in their glass matrix, alongside with high emission cross-sections, chemical stability and high optical damage threshold. In this paper, we review recent advances in the field thanks to the combination of highly-doped phosphate glasses and innovative fiber drawing techniques. We also present the main performance achievements and outlook both in continuous wave (CW) and pulsed mode regimes.Keywords: fiber laser and amplifier; phosphate fiber; all-fiber master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA); rare-earth-doped fiber

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Section: Yb-doped Phosphate Fiber Lasers and Amplifiersmentioning

confidence: 99%