Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Express
Keywords
POWER; Optics
Abstract
We report the influence of higher order modes (HOMs) in large mode fibers operation in Q-switched oscillator configurations at similar to 2 mu m wavelength. S-2 measurements confirm guiding of LP11 and LP02 fiber modes in a large mode area (LMA) step-index fiber, whereas a prototype photonic crystal fiber (PCF) provides nearly single-mode performance with a small portion of light in the LP11 mode. The difference in HOM content leads to a significant difference in Q-switched oscillator performance. In the step-index fiber, the percentage of cladding light increases by 20% to > 40% with increasing pulse energy to similar to 250 mu J. We accredit this degradation to saturation of the gain in the fundamental mode leading to more light generated in the HOMs, which is eventually converted into cladding light. No such degradation is seen in PCF laser system for > 400 mu J energies.
Journal Title
Optics Express
Volume
20
Issue/Number
22
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
24295
Last Page
24303
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1094-4087
Recommended Citation
Kadwani, Pankaj; Jollivet, Clemence; Sims, R. Andrew; Schülzgen, Axel; Shah, Lawrence; and Richardson, Martin, "Comparison of higher-order mode suppression and Q-switched laser performance in thulium-doped large mode area and photonic crystal fibers" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 2815.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/2815
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