High peak/average power picosecond pulsed MOPA system with tapered large mode area double-clad Yb-doped fiber

Abstract

In this paper, a high peak/average power picosecond pulsed master‑oscillator power‑amplifier (MOPA) system utilizing tapered large mode area double-clad fiber (T-DCF) is presented. In a high average power regime, we report a pulsed MOPA laser system with average power up to 613 W at 20 MHz repetition rate with 50 ps pulse duration (613 kW of peak power and 30.6 μJ pulse energy). In high peak power regime, over 3MW of peak power pulses (at seed source bandwidth) at 1 MHz repetition rate (310 μJ pulse energy and 310 W average) was demonstrated. The outstanding properties of T-DCF for amplification of laser signals to high power/energy levels with maintaining the excellent beam quality open a new horizon for advanced laser material processing.