《novel laser chapter4-2016》.ppt

Early Fiber Laser History First rare earth doped fiber laser demonstrated by Eli Snitzer in the early 1960’s at American Optical. Development of low loss, high silica rare earth doped fibers in the mid 80’s and single mode laser diodes, provide low fiber laser thresholds and high gain. Power scaling of fiber lasers is limited by power level of single mode pumps source. Cladding pumping (double clad fiber) first demonstrated by Eli Snitzer et.al. in 1984 at Polaroid, which enables fiber laser power scaling. What is a Fiber Laser? Attributes Fiber Lasers Fiber Amplifiers Fiber Amplifiers Q Switching and Mode Lockingof Fiber Lasers Q Switching and Mode Locking Pulse Propagation in Fibers Pulse Propagation in Fibers Noise in Fiber Devices Noise in Fiber Devices Fiber Laser Application Material processing Printing Data storage Optical communication Biology & medical Fiber sensor Fiber Laser – material process HPFLs vs competition Fiber Laser Advantage: Intensity pumping &High gain。 Wide spectrum width for wavelength tunable(Yb3+:125nm，Tm3+:300nm) High convert efficient Low thermal effects Compact & simple in structure High beam quality Low running cost Basic structure – end pumping Laser medium: doped fiber Cavity: fiber gratings Pumping source: Laser diode Double Clad Fiber First Double Clad Fiber Laser Design 3-D Index Profile Disadvantages Second Design Near Round Double Clad Fiber Double Clad Fiber Double Clad Fiber High power fiber laser—side pumping Laser medium—Yb3+ Active medium: Yb3+ doped No excited state absorption High doping density The absorb spectrum width is 10 times wider than Nd3+. Energy state is two state structure. The metastable Life time is 3 times of Nd3+ Multimode Coupler Fiber grating Diffraction Gratings Filter Grating Equation Grating Profiles Diffraction Grating MUX Simultaneous diffraction of all wavelength, thus possible to construct simple device with large number of channels Bandpass characteristics depend on dimen