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Temporally and spatially shaped fully-fiberized ytterbium-doped pulsed MOPA

Temporally and spatially shaped fully-fiberized ytterbium-doped pulsed MOPA
Temporally and spatially shaped fully-fiberized ytterbium-doped pulsed MOPA
We report a fully-fiberized, pulsed ytterbium-doped master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) for materials processing applications providing both a temporal pulse and spatial beam shaping capability operating at a maximum average output power of 100 W. Adaptive temporal pulse shaping using an in-line electro-optic modulator was incorporated to reduce the impact of dynamic gain saturation and optical Kerr/Raman nonlinearities. The MOPA is capable of generating 2.5 mJ flattopped optical pulses with 20 kW peak power as well as other user-defined, shaped pulses. Spatial beam shaping is obtained using a pair of axicon (conical) lenses at the end of the beam delivery optic allowing ring shaped output beams to be generated from the otherwise collimated Gaussian output.
1612-2011
747-753
Lin, D.
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Alam, S.U.
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Malinowski, A.
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Chen, K.K.
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Hayes, J.R.
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Flanagan, J.C.
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Geddes, V.
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Nilsson, J.
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Ingram, S.
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Norman, S.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Lin, D.
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Alam, S.U.
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Malinowski, A.
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Chen, K.K.
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Hayes, J.R.
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Flanagan, J.C.
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Geddes, V.
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Nilsson, J.
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Ingram, S.
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Norman, S.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Lin, D., Alam, S.U., Malinowski, A., Chen, K.K., Hayes, J.R., Flanagan, J.C., Geddes, V., Nilsson, J., Ingram, S., Norman, S. and Richardson, D.J. (2011) Temporally and spatially shaped fully-fiberized ytterbium-doped pulsed MOPA. Laser Physics Letters, 8 (10), 747-753. (doi:10.1002/lapl.201110057).

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Abstract

We report a fully-fiberized, pulsed ytterbium-doped master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) for materials processing applications providing both a temporal pulse and spatial beam shaping capability operating at a maximum average output power of 100 W. Adaptive temporal pulse shaping using an in-line electro-optic modulator was incorporated to reduce the impact of dynamic gain saturation and optical Kerr/Raman nonlinearities. The MOPA is capable of generating 2.5 mJ flattopped optical pulses with 20 kW peak power as well as other user-defined, shaped pulses. Spatial beam shaping is obtained using a pair of axicon (conical) lenses at the end of the beam delivery optic allowing ring shaped output beams to be generated from the otherwise collimated Gaussian output.

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Published date: 28 July 2011
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 352821
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/352821
ISSN: 1612-2011
PURE UUID: 24a04969-17af-4040-9e5e-627bc62466ae
ORCID for J. Nilsson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-7959
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 21 May 2013 11:20
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:59

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Author: D. Lin
Author: S.U. Alam
Author: A. Malinowski
Author: K.K. Chen
Author: J.R. Hayes
Author: J.C. Flanagan
Author: V. Geddes
Author: J. Nilsson ORCID iD
Author: S. Ingram
Author: S. Norman
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD

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