Recent progress of high power narrow linewidth fiber laser

Chu Qiuhui; Guo Chao; Yan Donglin; Shu Qiang; Shi Yi; Wen Jing; Lin Honghuan; Wang Jianjun

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202032.200144

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Chu Qiuhui, Guo Chao, Yan Donglin, et al. Recent progress of high power narrow linewidth fiber laser[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 121004. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200144

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Chu Qiuhui, Guo Chao, Yan Donglin, et al. Recent progress of high power narrow linewidth fiber laser[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 121004. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200144

Chu Qiuhui, Guo Chao, Yan Donglin, et al. Recent progress of high power narrow linewidth fiber laser[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 121004. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200144

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Chu Qiuhui, Guo Chao, Yan Donglin, et al. Recent progress of high power narrow linewidth fiber laser[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 121004. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200144

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Recent progress of high power narrow linewidth fiber laser

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200144

Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China

Received Date: 2020-05-26
Rev Recd Date: 2020-10-19
Publish Date: 2020-11-19

Abstract

Abstract

In recent years, fiber laser has been developing rapidly, and gradually applied in many fields. Further improvement of output power is still the research hotspot of fiber laser. Beam combining is an important method to scale output power of fiber laser. Beam combining requires that the sub beam is a narrow linewidth fiber laser, so the research of narrow linewidth fiber laser is of great significance for power improvement. In this paper, the development and research status of narrow linewidth high power fiber lasers are introduced in detail, and based on the current research status, the future development trend is prospected.
- narrow linewidth,
- fiber laser,
- stimulated Brillouin scattering,
- mode instability

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