Abstract
We report an all-fiber laser oscillator producing as much as 1.9 W of single-frequency direct output at 1.5 μm. Spatial gain hole burning in the active fiber has been eliminated by use of a twisted-mode cavity approach. The two short pieces of a polarization-maintaining fiber that were spliced to the ends of the active fiber served as ultracompact quarter-wave plates. To our knowledge, the use of such a wave plate to manipulate the polarization state of light inside a fiber laser cavity is reported here for the first time. The laser output is linearly polarized and delivered through a polarization-maintaining fiber pigtail. We believe that the output power of our laser is the highest among all single-frequency fiber laser oscillators reported to date.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2745-2747 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 15 2005 |
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Single-frequency laser oscillator with watts-level output power at 1.5 μm by use of a twisted-mode technique. / Polynkin, Pavel G; Polynkin, Alexander; Mansuripur, Masud; Moloney, Jerome V; Peyghambarian, Nasser N.
In: Optics Letters, Vol. 30, No. 20, 15.10.2005, p. 2745-2747.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Single-frequency laser oscillator with watts-level output power at 1.5 μm by use of a twisted-mode technique
AU - Polynkin, Pavel G
AU - Polynkin, Alexander
AU - Mansuripur, Masud
AU - Moloney, Jerome V
AU - Peyghambarian, Nasser N
PY - 2005/10/15
Y1 - 2005/10/15
N2 - We report an all-fiber laser oscillator producing as much as 1.9 W of single-frequency direct output at 1.5 μm. Spatial gain hole burning in the active fiber has been eliminated by use of a twisted-mode cavity approach. The two short pieces of a polarization-maintaining fiber that were spliced to the ends of the active fiber served as ultracompact quarter-wave plates. To our knowledge, the use of such a wave plate to manipulate the polarization state of light inside a fiber laser cavity is reported here for the first time. The laser output is linearly polarized and delivered through a polarization-maintaining fiber pigtail. We believe that the output power of our laser is the highest among all single-frequency fiber laser oscillators reported to date.
AB - We report an all-fiber laser oscillator producing as much as 1.9 W of single-frequency direct output at 1.5 μm. Spatial gain hole burning in the active fiber has been eliminated by use of a twisted-mode cavity approach. The two short pieces of a polarization-maintaining fiber that were spliced to the ends of the active fiber served as ultracompact quarter-wave plates. To our knowledge, the use of such a wave plate to manipulate the polarization state of light inside a fiber laser cavity is reported here for the first time. The laser output is linearly polarized and delivered through a polarization-maintaining fiber pigtail. We believe that the output power of our laser is the highest among all single-frequency fiber laser oscillators reported to date.
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