120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed Source

High-power, widely tunable 1018 nm single-frequency fiber lasers and their harmonics play a crucial role in Rydberg microwave measurement applications. This study focuses on the development of a high-power 1018 nm single-frequency narrow-linewidth fiber laser amplifier based on a DBR single-frequenc...

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Main Authors: Pan Li, Linfeng Li, Kaiming Cao, Ruihong Gao, Heshan Liu, Meng Shi, Ziren Luo
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Pan Li
Linfeng Li
Kaiming Cao
Ruihong Gao
Heshan Liu
Meng Shi
Ziren Luo
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Ruihong Gao
Heshan Liu
Meng Shi
Ziren Luo
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description High-power, widely tunable 1018 nm single-frequency fiber lasers and their harmonics play a crucial role in Rydberg microwave measurement applications. This study focuses on the development of a high-power 1018 nm single-frequency narrow-linewidth fiber laser amplifier based on a DBR single-frequency seed source. The DBR seed source, constructed using an 8 mm-long doped fiber, achieves a linewidth of 3.25 kHz and demonstrates a wavelength tuning range exceeding 1.51 nm across a temperature range of &#x2212;10 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\circ }$</tex-math></inline-formula>C to 120 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\circ }$</tex-math></inline-formula>C. The tuning process exhibits excellent linearity between wavelength and temperature, with no observed mode hopping. To ensure high ASE and SBS suppression in the amplified output, a four-stage amplification and filtering scheme was implemented. By carefully selecting optical fibers and optimizing their lengths, the system achieves an output power exceeding 120 W for the 1018 nm single-frequency laser. Experimental results demonstrate a light-to-light conversion efficiency of over 77&#x0025; in the main amplification stage, with an ASE suppression ratio greater than 60 dB. The amplified laser exhibits an output linewidth of 10.3 kHz and maintains exceptional beam quality, with an M<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{2}$</tex-math></inline-formula> factor of less than 1.3. These results highlight the effectiveness of the proposed design for high-power, narrow-linewidth laser applications.
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spelling doaj-art-bcf59fae24d5471ca6ee9116e39a93152025-08-20T02:13:31ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552025-01-011731610.1109/JPHOT.2025.356259310970262120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed SourcePan Li0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6618-7425Linfeng Li1https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8392-8426Kaiming Cao2https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3708-0389Ruihong Gao3Heshan Liu4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-1707Meng Shi5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6149-5161Ziren Luo6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-8025National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaNational Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaNational Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaNational Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaNational Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaNational Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaNational Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaHigh-power, widely tunable 1018 nm single-frequency fiber lasers and their harmonics play a crucial role in Rydberg microwave measurement applications. This study focuses on the development of a high-power 1018 nm single-frequency narrow-linewidth fiber laser amplifier based on a DBR single-frequency seed source. The DBR seed source, constructed using an 8 mm-long doped fiber, achieves a linewidth of 3.25 kHz and demonstrates a wavelength tuning range exceeding 1.51 nm across a temperature range of &#x2212;10 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\circ }$</tex-math></inline-formula>C to 120 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\circ }$</tex-math></inline-formula>C. The tuning process exhibits excellent linearity between wavelength and temperature, with no observed mode hopping. To ensure high ASE and SBS suppression in the amplified output, a four-stage amplification and filtering scheme was implemented. By carefully selecting optical fibers and optimizing their lengths, the system achieves an output power exceeding 120 W for the 1018 nm single-frequency laser. Experimental results demonstrate a light-to-light conversion efficiency of over 77&#x0025; in the main amplification stage, with an ASE suppression ratio greater than 60 dB. The amplified laser exhibits an output linewidth of 10.3 kHz and maintains exceptional beam quality, with an M<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{2}$</tex-math></inline-formula> factor of less than 1.3. These results highlight the effectiveness of the proposed design for high-power, narrow-linewidth laser applications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10970262/DBRfiber amplificationfiberslaserssingle-mode
spellingShingle Pan Li
Linfeng Li
Kaiming Cao
Ruihong Gao
Heshan Liu
Meng Shi
Ziren Luo
120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed Source
IEEE Photonics Journal
DBR
fiber amplification
fibers
lasers
single-mode
title 120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed Source
title_full 120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed Source
title_fullStr 120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed Source
title_full_unstemmed 120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed Source
title_short 120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed Source
title_sort 120 w efficient single frequency amplification based on wide tunable 1018 nm dbr seed source
topic DBR
fiber amplification
fibers
lasers
single-mode
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10970262/
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