Narrow-Linewidth Diffraction-Limited Tapered Er-Doped Fiber Amplifier with 2 mJ Pulse Energy

Maksim M. Khudyakov; Andrey E. Levchenko; Vladimir V. Velmiskin; Konstantin K. Bobkov; Svetlana S. Aleshkina; Tatyana S. Zaushitsyna; Mikhail M. Bubnov; Mikhail V. Yashkov; Aleksey N. Guryanov; Leonid V. Kotov; Mikhail E. Likhachev

doi:10.3390/photonics9120933

Photonics (Dec 2022)

Narrow-Linewidth Diffraction-Limited Tapered Er-Doped Fiber Amplifier with 2 mJ Pulse Energy

Maksim M. Khudyakov,
Andrey E. Levchenko,
Vladimir V. Velmiskin,
Konstantin K. Bobkov,
Svetlana S. Aleshkina,
Tatyana S. Zaushitsyna,
Mikhail M. Bubnov,
Mikhail V. Yashkov,
Aleksey N. Guryanov,
Leonid V. Kotov,
Mikhail E. Likhachev

Affiliations

Maksim M. Khudyakov: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia
Andrey E. Levchenko: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia
Vladimir V. Velmiskin: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia
Konstantin K. Bobkov: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia
Svetlana S. Aleshkina: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia
Tatyana S. Zaushitsyna: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia
Mikhail M. Bubnov: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia
Mikhail V. Yashkov: Institute of Chemistry of High Purity Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 49 Tropinin Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Aleksey N. Guryanov: Institute of Chemistry of High Purity Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 49 Tropinin Street, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Leonid V. Kotov: James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1630 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721-0094, USA
Mikhail E. Likhachev: Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, 38 Vavilov Street, 119333 Moscow, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9120933
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 12
p. 933

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The possibility to scale-up output pulse energy in diffraction-limited Er-doped fiber amplifier has been studied. It is shown that the utilization of tapered fiber design allows one to increase the pulse energy up to 2 mJ, while keeping the diffraction-limited beam quality (M2~1.4). Factors limiting the further increase in pulse energy are revealed.

Published in Photonics

ISSN: 2304-6732 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/photonics

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