Monolithic tapered Yb-doped fiber chirped pulse amplifier delivering 126 μJ and 207 MW femtosecond laser with near diffraction-limited beam quality

doi:10.1007/s12200-023-00087-y

Front. Optoelectron.

2023, Vol. 16

Issue (3) : 30 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-023-00087-y

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Monolithic tapered Yb-doped fiber chirped pulse amplifier delivering 126 μJ and 207 MW femtosecond laser with near diffraction-limited beam quality

Tao Wang¹, Bo Ren¹, Can Li¹(

), Kun Guo¹, Jinyong Leng^1,^2,³, Pu Zhou¹(

)

¹. College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
². Nanhu Laser Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
³. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

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Abstract

In this work, a high-energy and high peak power chirped pulse amplification system with near diffraction-limited beam quality based on tapered confined-doped fiber (TCF) is experimentally demonstrated. The TCF has a core numerical aperture of 0.07 with core/cladding diameter of 35/250 μm at the thin end and 56/400 μm at the thick end. With a backward-pumping configuration, a maximum single pulse energy of 177.9 μJ at a repetition rate of 504 kHz is realized, corresponding to an average power of 89.7 W. Through partially compensating for the accumulated nonlinear phase during the amplification process via adjusting the high order dispersion of the stretching chirped fiber Bragg grating, the duration of the amplified pulse is compressed to 401 fs with a pulse energy of 126.3 μJ and a peak power of 207 MW, which to the best of our knowledge represents the highest peak power ever reported from a monolithic ultrafast fiber laser. At the highest energy, the polarization extinction ratio and the M² factor were respectively measured to be ∼ 19 dB and 1.20. In addition, the corresponding intensity noise properties as well as the short- and long-term stability were also examined, verifying a stable operation of the system. It is believed that the demonstrated laser source could find important applications in, for example, advanced manufacturing and photomedicine.

Keywords High-energy laser Femtosecond laser Tapered fiber Fiber laser Chirped pulse amplifier

Corresponding Author(s): Can Li,Pu Zhou

About author: Peng Lei and Charity Ngina Mwangi contributed equally to this work.

Issue Date: 08 November 2023

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Tao Wang,Bo Ren,Can Li, et al. Monolithic tapered Yb-doped fiber chirped pulse amplifier delivering 126 μJ and 207 MW femtosecond laser with near diffraction-limited beam quality[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2023, 16(3): 30.

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