Influence of Pump Current Waveform on The Mitigation of Transverse Mode Instability in Fiber Laser Oscillator

Autor: Junyu Chai, Wenguang Liu, Xiaolin Wang, Qiong Zhou, Jiangbin Zhang, Hanwei Zhang, Pengfei Liu, Yao Lu, Dan Zhang, Zongfu Jiang, Guomin Zhao
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Micromachines, Vol 14, Iss 4, p 864 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-666X
DOI: 10.3390/mi14040864
Popis: We carry out a detailed investigation of TMI mitigation by pump modulation based on multiple current waveforms in a fiber laser oscillator. Compared with continuous wave (CW), the modulation of various waveforms, including sinusoidal wave, triangular wave, and pulse wave with a duty cycle of 50% and 60%, can increase the TMI threshold. The average output power of a stabilized beam is boosted via the adjustment of phase difference between the signal channels. The TMI threshold is increased to 270 W under a modulation of pulse wave (duty cycle: 60%) with a phase difference of 440 μs, where the beam quality is 1.45. This threshold can be further improved by adding groups of pump LDs and drivers, which is a promising approach for beam stabilization of high-power fiber lasers.
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