High-power operation is one of the most important research topics surrounding random fiber lasers(RDFLs).Here we optimized the cavity structure and proposed a new scheme based on hybrid gain to address the issue of hi...High-power operation is one of the most important research topics surrounding random fiber lasers(RDFLs).Here we optimized the cavity structure and proposed a new scheme based on hybrid gain to address the issue of high-power backward light in traditional kilowatt-level RDFLs.Consequently,a record power of 1972 W was achieved while the maximum backward leaked power only reached 0.12 W.The conversion efficiency relative to the laser diode pump power was 68.4%,and the highest spectral purity of the random lasing reached 98.1%.This work may provide a reference for high-power RDFLs,Raman fiber lasers,and long-wavelength Yb-doped fiber lasers.展开更多
An all-fiberized random distributed feedback Raman fiber laser(RRFL)with LP_(11) mode output at 1134 nm has been demonstrated experimentally,where an intracavity acoustically induced fiber grating is employed for moda...An all-fiberized random distributed feedback Raman fiber laser(RRFL)with LP_(11) mode output at 1134 nm has been demonstrated experimentally,where an intracavity acoustically induced fiber grating is employed for modal switching.The maximum output power of LP_(11) mode is 93.8 W with the modal purity of 82%,calculated by numerical mode decomposition technology based on stochastic parallel-gradient descent algorithm.To our best knowledge,this is the highest output power with high purity of LP_(11) mode generated from the RRFL.This work may pave a path towards advanced fiber lasers with special temporal and spatial characteristics for applications.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos.61635005 and 61905284)the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (No.BX20190063)。
文摘High-power operation is one of the most important research topics surrounding random fiber lasers(RDFLs).Here we optimized the cavity structure and proposed a new scheme based on hybrid gain to address the issue of high-power backward light in traditional kilowatt-level RDFLs.Consequently,a record power of 1972 W was achieved while the maximum backward leaked power only reached 0.12 W.The conversion efficiency relative to the laser diode pump power was 68.4%,and the highest spectral purity of the random lasing reached 98.1%.This work may provide a reference for high-power RDFLs,Raman fiber lasers,and long-wavelength Yb-doped fiber lasers.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11704409,62061136013,and 12174445)the Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology(No.SKL2020KF03)the Special Fund for Hunan Provincial Innovative Province Building(No.2019RS3017)。
文摘An all-fiberized random distributed feedback Raman fiber laser(RRFL)with LP_(11) mode output at 1134 nm has been demonstrated experimentally,where an intracavity acoustically induced fiber grating is employed for modal switching.The maximum output power of LP_(11) mode is 93.8 W with the modal purity of 82%,calculated by numerical mode decomposition technology based on stochastic parallel-gradient descent algorithm.To our best knowledge,this is the highest output power with high purity of LP_(11) mode generated from the RRFL.This work may pave a path towards advanced fiber lasers with special temporal and spatial characteristics for applications.
