摘要
The coupling efficiency of the pump coupler determines the pump light injection capacity of a laser system. Experi- mental analysis of the influences of different factors on the pump coupling efficiency is in accordance with this conclusion. We use two Nufern fibers （400 Ixrn/440 p.m with NA = 0.22） as pump arm, one Nufern fiber （20 μm/400 μm with NA = 0.06/0.46） as a main fiber to make a side-pumping （2 ＋ 1） × 1 coupler. The experimental result shows that the total output power of this （2 ＋ 1） × 1 coupler is about 1160 W, corresponding to a coupling efficiency as high as 98.6%. The loss of signal light is less than 1%.
The coupling efficiency of the pump coupler determines the pump light injection capacity of a laser system. Experi- mental analysis of the influences of different factors on the pump coupling efficiency is in accordance with this conclusion. We use two Nufern fibers （400 Ixrn/440 p.m with NA = 0.22） as pump arm, one Nufern fiber （20 μm/400 μm with NA = 0.06/0.46） as a main fiber to make a side-pumping （2 ＋ 1） × 1 coupler. The experimental result shows that the total output power of this （2 ＋ 1） × 1 coupler is about 1160 W, corresponding to a coupling efficiency as high as 98.6%. The loss of signal light is less than 1%.
基金
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61307057)
the Fund from the State Key Laboratory of Tribology,Tsinghua University(Grant No.SKLT12B08)
作者简介
Corresponding author. E-mail： gongml@mall.tsinghua.edu.cn
