Ten-year review and prospect on mode instability research of fiber lasers

Wang Jianjun; Liu Yu; Li Min; Feng Xi; Chu Qiuhui; Zhang Chun; Gao Cong; Tao Rumao; Lin Honghuan; Jing Feng

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202032.200180

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Wang Jianjun, Liu Yu, Li Min, et al. Ten-year review and prospect on mode instability research of fiber lasers[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 121003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200180

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Wang Jianjun, Liu Yu, Li Min, et al. Ten-year review and prospect on mode instability research of fiber lasers[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2020, 32: 121003. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200180

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Ten-year review and prospect on mode instability research of fiber lasers

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202032.200180

Laser Fusion Research Center, CAEP, P. O. Box 919-988, Mianyang 621900, China

Received Date: 2020-06-30
Rev Recd Date: 2020-11-06
Publish Date: 2020-11-19

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The report about mode instability in 2010 has begun the history of struggling with the waste heat in fiber lasers. This paper presents a 10-year research progress of mode instability research, including physical demonstrations, physical mechanism, theoretical investigation, various impact factors and effective mitigating strategies. The most recent results on mode instability suppressing are also included as well as the future development trend of mode instability research.
- mode instability,
- fiber laser,
- thermal effect,
- quantum defect,
- gain saturation

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