Eyesafe high peak power pulsed fiber lasers limited by fiber nonlinearity

G. Canat; W. Renard; E. Lucas; L. Lombard; J. Le Gouët; A. Durécu; P. Bourdon; S. Bordais; Y. Jaouën

doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2014.06.010

Eyesafe high peak power pulsed fiber lasers limited by fiber nonlinearity

G. Canat, W. Renard, E. Lucas, L. Lombard, J. Le Gouët, A. Durécu, P. Bourdon, S. Bordais, Y. Jaouën

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We present design and performances of several eye-safe high peak power fiber lasers operating either around 1550 nm or 2000 nm. They share the limitations by nonlinear effects either Stimulated Brillouin Scattering for single frequency lasers or Kerr related effects for short pulse amplifiers. Performances above 1 kW peak power for single frequency lasers and 26 nJ for short pulse fiber lasers are reported. The influence of the saturation power of the fibers on the non-linearity is discussed and applied to a comparison between Erbium and Ytterbium co-doped fibers and Thulium doped fibers. The Brillouin gain properties in these fibers are also compared.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	678-687
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optical Fiber Technology
Volume	20
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2014.06.010
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Brillouin gain
Erbium-Ytterbium co-doped fiber
Nonlinear optics in fibers
Pulse amplifier
Thulium doped fiber

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Eyesafe high peak power pulsed fiber lasers limited by fiber nonlinearity

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