Single-frequency Yb-doped PCF MOPA with 294 W of output power for gravitational wave detection

Author

Karow, M. ; Basu, C. ; Kracht, D. ; Neumann, J. ; Wessels, P.

Author_Institution

Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

High-power single-frequency lasers using nonplanar ring-oscillator (NPRO) seed sources amplified to about 200 W have found application in gravitational wave detectors, in which only the TEM₀₀-mode content can be used. Using photonic crystal fibers (PCF) in a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) configuration seems to be a promising way to achieve several 100 W of single-frequency output power at 1 μm wavelength, but the TEM₀₀-mode content has only been measured of a system with a limited output power of 148 W. In this contribution, we report on mode-content measurements on a PCF MOPA system suitable for further power scaling.

Keywords

gravitational wave detectors; holey fibres; optical fibre amplifiers; photonic crystals; gravitational wave detection; gravitational wave detectors; high-power single-frequency lasers; master oscillator power amplifier; nonplanar ring-oscillator seed sources; photonic crystal fibers; power 100 W; power 148 W; power 200 W; power 294 W; power scaling; single-frequency PCF MOPA; wavelength 1 mum; Photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942900

Filename

5942900