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Effective photodarkening suppression in Yb-doped fiber lasers by visible light injection

Riccardo Piccoli, Thierry Robin, Thomas Brand, Udo Klotzbach, Stefano Taccheo Orcid Logo

Optics Express, Volume: 22, Issue: 7, Start page: 7638

Swansea University Author: Stefano Taccheo Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1364/OE.22.007638

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Al-silicate fibers have excellent manufacturing quality. Unfortunately, high-Yb doping concentration may be limited by severe losses induced by photodarkening phenomenon. In this paper we demonstrate for the first time that Al-silicate Yb-doped fibers with high-inversion and doping concentration abo...

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ISSN: 1094-4087
Published: 2014
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title Effective photodarkening suppression in Yb-doped fiber lasers by visible light injection
spellingShingle Effective photodarkening suppression in Yb-doped fiber lasers by visible light injection
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title_short Effective photodarkening suppression in Yb-doped fiber lasers by visible light injection
title_full Effective photodarkening suppression in Yb-doped fiber lasers by visible light injection
title_fullStr Effective photodarkening suppression in Yb-doped fiber lasers by visible light injection
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description Al-silicate fibers have excellent manufacturing quality. Unfortunately, high-Yb doping concentration may be limited by severe losses induced by photodarkening phenomenon. In this paper we demonstrate for the first time that Al-silicate Yb-doped fibers with high-inversion and doping concentration above 1 wt% can be successfully used by implementing a simple optical bleaching scheme. A co-injection into the active fiber of a few mW of light at around 550 nm wavelength successfully eliminates almost all photodarkening induced losses. We demonstrate operation at above 90% of the pristine output power level in several lasers with up to 30% Yb ions in the excited state. These results may allow using Yb-doped Al-silicate fibers with doping level increased by one order of magnitude. Finally, we provide a comprehensive picture of main parameters affecting photobleaching performance and, to the best of our knowledge, we report the first quantitative measurement of the Ytterbium excited state absorption cross-section in the visible range.
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