We experimentally demonstrate that Kerr spatial self-cleaning of a pulsed beam can be obtained in an amplifying multimode optical fiber. An input peak power of 500 W only was sufficient to produce a quasi-single-mode emission from the double-clad ytterbium doped multimode fiber (YMMF) with non-parabolic refractive index profile. We compare the self-cleaning behavior observed in the same fiber with loss and with gain. Laser gain introduces new opportunities to achieve spatial self-cleaning of light in multimode fibers at a relatively low power threshold.
Kerr self-cleaning of pulsed beam in an ytterbium doped multimode fiber / Guenard, R.; Krupa, K.; Dupiol, R.; Fabert, M.; Bendahmane, A.; Kermene, V.; Desfarges Berthelemot, A.; Auguste, J. L.; Tonello, A.; Barthélémy, A.; Millot, G.; Wabnitz, Stefan; Couderc, V.. - In: OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 1094-4087. - 25:5(2017), pp. 4783-4792. [10.1364/OE.25.004783]
Kerr self-cleaning of pulsed beam in an ytterbium doped multimode fiber
WABNITZ, Stefan;
2017
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We experimentally demonstrate that Kerr spatial self-cleaning of a pulsed beam can be obtained in an amplifying multimode optical fiber. An input peak power of 500 W only was sufficient to produce a quasi-single-mode emission from the double-clad ytterbium doped multimode fiber (YMMF) with non-parabolic refractive index profile. We compare the self-cleaning behavior observed in the same fiber with loss and with gain. Laser gain introduces new opportunities to achieve spatial self-cleaning of light in multimode fibers at a relatively low power threshold.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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