Power Extraction Efficiency in High-Order Mode Fiber Lasers

Richard S. Quimby,Roman Shubochkin,Theodore F. Morse

Power Extraction Efficiency in High-Order Mode Fiber Lasers

2010

Richard S. Quimby
Roman Shubochkin
Theodore F. Morse

Numerical simulations are used to study the effect of mode intensity nulls on power extraction efficiency in Yb and Er HOM fiber lasers. The efficiency approaches the quantum defect limit at kW power levels.

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Fiber laser
Quantum defect
Multi-mode optical fiber
Fiber optic sensor
Polarization-maintaining optical fiber
Tunable laser
Dispersion-shifted fiber
Optical fiber
Optics
Materials science
Optoelectronics

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