High-power fibre lasers

被引:1062
作者
Jauregui, Cesar [1 ]
Limpert, Jens [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Tuennermann, Andreas [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Jena, Inst Appl Phys, Abbe Ctr Photon, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[2] Helmholtz Inst Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[3] Fraunhofer Inst Appl Opt & Precis Engn, D-07745 Jena, Germany
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
MODE-AREA FIBER; STIMULATED RAMAN-SCATTERING; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL FIBER; LOSS OPTICAL FIBERS; HIGH AVERAGE POWER; BEAM QUALITY; OUTPUT POWER; PEAK-POWER; AMPLIFIERS; INSTABILITIES;
D O I
10.1038/nphoton.2013.273
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Fibre lasers are now associated with high average powers and very high beam qualities. Both these characteristics are required by many industrial, defence and scientific applications, which explains why fibre lasers have become one of the most popular laser technologies. However, this success, which is largely founded on the outstanding characteristics of fibres as an active medium, has only been achieved through researchers around the world striving to overcome many of the limitations imposed by the fibre architecture. This Review focuses on these limitations, both past and current, and the creative solutions that have been proposed for overcoming them. These solutions have enabled fibre lasers to generate the highest diffraction-limited average power achieved to date by solid-state lasers.
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页码:861 / 867
页数:7
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