High efficient 120W 1018nm single-frequency narrow linewidth amplification based on wide-tunable DBR fiber seed source

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a high-power, narrow-linewidth 1018nm laser with wide tunability and excellent beam quality, achieved through a specialized seed source and optimized multi-level fiber amplification.

Contribution

It introduces a novel wide-tunable DBR fiber seed source and an optimized amplification scheme to produce 120W single-frequency laser with ultra-narrow linewidth.

Findings

Output power exceeds 120W at 1018nm.

Linewidth of the laser is 10.3 kHz.

ASE suppression ratio is greater than 60 dB.

Abstract

This paper reports the achievement of 120W single-frequency narrow linewidth 1018nm laser based on wide-tunable DBR fiber seed source. The DBR structure seed source uses 8mm long doped optical fibers with a line width of 3.25k. The wavelength tuning range of this seed source exceeds 1.5 nm with the temperature range from 1{\deg}C to 95{\deg}C. The tuning wavelength and temperature show extremely high linearity, and there is no mode hopping during the tuning process. By adopting a multi-level fiber amplification structure, selecting appropriate doped fibers and optimizing their length, an output power exceeding 120W of 1018nm laser has been achieved. Measurement results indicate that the slope efficiency of the main amplification 77.3%, with an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) suppression ratio greater than 60 dB. he output linewidth is 10.3 kHz, and the beam quality factor M2 is less than 1.3.