5 kW oscillating-amplifying integrated fiber laser with high reliability
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摘要:
振荡放大一体化光纤激光器具有振荡器抗回光能力强和放大器效率高的双重优点,在工业领域有着很好的应用前景。国防科大首次实现了输出功率大于5 kW的振荡放大一体化光纤激光器,光光效率约为80%。重点研究了该激光器在高功率运行时的可靠性和控制逻辑。首先,类比普通放大器中“不开种子、只开放大”的情况:在振荡部分泵浦源关闭时,瞬间开启放大部分泵浦源;其次,类比普通放大器中“不关放大、只关种子”的情况:在放大部分泵浦源开启时,瞬间关闭振荡部分泵浦。实验结果表明,以上两种极端情况下激光器都可稳定正常工作。首次验证了该激光器在控制逻辑和泵浦源开关顺序方面无特殊要求。
Abstract:We demonstrated a novel fiber laser system with oscillating-amplifying integrated configuration and a 5 kW output power was achieved experimentally for the first time with optical-to-optical efficiency of 80%. The reliability and the boot order of the laser system were studied intensively at high power level. When the laser system is deliberately turn on in a wrong order, such as the pump of the amplifying section is switched on before the oscillating section, or the pump of the oscillating section is switched off before the amplifying section, which is normally a disaster in a classic main oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system, the laser system can trouble-free operate at full power level. For the first time, it is verified that there is no priority between the amplifier and the seed in the oscillating-amplifying integrated fiber laser system.
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