120 W Efficient Single Frequency Amplification Based on Wide Tunable 1018 nm DBR Seed Source
High-power, widely tunable 1018 nm singlefrequency fiber lasers and their harmonics play a crucial role in Rydberg microwave measurement applications. This study focuses on the development of a high-power 1018 nm singlefrequency narrow-linewidth fiber laser amplifier based on a DBR single-frequency seed source. The DBR seed source, constructed using an 8 mm-long doped fiber, achieves a linewidth of 3.25 kHz and demonstrates a wavelength tuning range exceeding 1.51 nm across a temperature range of -10°C to 120°C. The tuning process exhibits excellent linearity between wavelength and temperature, with no observed mode hopping. To ensure high ASE and SBS suppression in the amplified output, a fourstage amplification and filtering scheme was implemented. By carefully selecting optical fibers and optimizing their lengths, the system achieves an output power exceeding 120 W for the 1018 nm single-frequency laser. Experimental results demonstrate a light-to-light conversion efficiency of over 77% in the main amplification stage, with an ASE suppression ratio greater than 60 dB. The amplified laser exhibits an output linewidth of 10.3 kHz and maintains exceptional beam quality, with an M² factor of less than 1.3. These results highlight the effectiveness of the proposed design for high-power, narrow-linewidth laser applications.
Authors
- Pingxue Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6618-7425)
- Ruihong Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2465-4511)
- Ziren Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9533-8025)
- Ke Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-2386)
- Linfeng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8736-6464)
- Meng Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6149-5161)
- Heshan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-1707)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- National Space Science Center (CN)
- Institute of Mechanics (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IEEE photonics journal
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jphot.2025.3562593
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.73