Influence of bending on transverse mode instability of large mode area fiber

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作者：
Bai G. [1 ]
Dong Y. [1 ]
Zhang D. [1 ]
Tao K. [1 ]
Shen H. [2 ]
Qi Y. [2 ]
He B. [2 ]
Zhou J. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Shanghai Radio Equipment Research Institute, Shanghai
[2] Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai
来源：
Hongwai yu Jiguang Gongcheng/Infrared and Laser Engineering | 2021年 / 50卷 / 01期
关键词：
Bending mode; Fiber laser; Nonlinear coupling coefficient; Transverse mode instability;
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10.3788/IRLA20200028
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摘要：
The effect of transverse mode instability has gradually become the primary problem that causes laser beam quality degradation and limits power scaling of high-power fiber lasers. This paper conducts a series of study on the transverse mode instability (TMI) in large mode area (LMA) fiber based on a co-pumped all-fiberized narrow linewidth high power amplification platform. According to the calculation results of the coupled mode equations, the nonlinear coupling strength between the LP01 and LP11 modes of the LMA fiber 25/400 μm is the largest, which directly induces the TMI. In order to suppress the generation and amplification of the LP11 mode at the main amplifier, the fiber coiling method was used as an operational mode filtering technique to achieve mode control. The threshold of TMI increased from 1000 W to 1600 W while reducing the bending radius of the main amplifier gain fiber from 6 cm to 5 cm, and the other output performance of the fiber laser was hardly affected. This provides a powerful experimental reference for us to build an actual narrow linewidth, high power, all-fiberized laser system. Copyright ©2021 Infrared and Laser Engineering. All rights reserved.
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