Transverse mode characteristics of a laser are related to a variety of interesting applications. An on-demand mode solid laser in the 1064 nm band was proposed previously. In this paper, we provide a fiber laser for o...Transverse mode characteristics of a laser are related to a variety of interesting applications. An on-demand mode solid laser in the 1064 nm band was proposed previously. In this paper, we provide a fiber laser for on-demand modes in the 1550 nm band to prescribe the pure and high-quality emission of a higher-order transverse laser mode, based on a simple construction with one spatial light modulator(SLM) and a single-mode erbium-doped fiber(SM-EDF). The SLM is designated to generate the desired higher-order mode and separate the higher-order mode and the fundamental mode. The fundamental mode oscillates in the fiber ring laser, and therefore the SM-EDF can be pumped with a single-mode 980 nm laser, no matter what higher-order mode is prescribed.In this proof-of-principle experiment, high-quality higher-order modes are observed from LP01 to LP105.Stable emission and real-time switching between modes can be easily realized by altering the phase on the SLM. In addition, the propagation of the LP_(01), LP_(11), LP_(21), and LP_(02) modes from the fiber laser is also demonstrated in a four-mode few-mode fiber.展开更多
基金National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB340102)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(61427813,61531003,61690195)
文摘Transverse mode characteristics of a laser are related to a variety of interesting applications. An on-demand mode solid laser in the 1064 nm band was proposed previously. In this paper, we provide a fiber laser for on-demand modes in the 1550 nm band to prescribe the pure and high-quality emission of a higher-order transverse laser mode, based on a simple construction with one spatial light modulator(SLM) and a single-mode erbium-doped fiber(SM-EDF). The SLM is designated to generate the desired higher-order mode and separate the higher-order mode and the fundamental mode. The fundamental mode oscillates in the fiber ring laser, and therefore the SM-EDF can be pumped with a single-mode 980 nm laser, no matter what higher-order mode is prescribed.In this proof-of-principle experiment, high-quality higher-order modes are observed from LP01 to LP105.Stable emission and real-time switching between modes can be easily realized by altering the phase on the SLM. In addition, the propagation of the LP_(01), LP_(11), LP_(21), and LP_(02) modes from the fiber laser is also demonstrated in a four-mode few-mode fiber.
