A novel Yb3+-doped double-clad silica fibre with rectangular inner cladding was designed and developed by using the modified chemical vapour deposition process, solution-doping and optical machining all together. The ...A novel Yb3+-doped double-clad silica fibre with rectangular inner cladding was designed and developed by using the modified chemical vapour deposition process, solution-doping and optical machining all together. The dimensions of the inner cladding are 100 × 70 μm, and Yb^(3+)-doped concentration in the core is about 0.24 wt. %. The operation of the fibre laser pumped by inner cladding is reported. The threshold of the laser is 34mW.When the pump power launched is 141mW, the laser output is 84mW at the wavelength 1075.6nm, and the slope efficiency is 77%.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.69877006Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(003600911)。
文摘A novel Yb3+-doped double-clad silica fibre with rectangular inner cladding was designed and developed by using the modified chemical vapour deposition process, solution-doping and optical machining all together. The dimensions of the inner cladding are 100 × 70 μm, and Yb^(3+)-doped concentration in the core is about 0.24 wt. %. The operation of the fibre laser pumped by inner cladding is reported. The threshold of the laser is 34mW.When the pump power launched is 141mW, the laser output is 84mW at the wavelength 1075.6nm, and the slope efficiency is 77%.