MOPA fiber laser with controlled pulse width and peak power for optimizing micromachining applications

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami T. Hendow ◽  
Sami A. Shakir ◽  
Joao M. Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Peak Power

scholarly journals Graphene slurry based passive Q-switcher in erbium doped fiber laser

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Fatin Zuikafly ◽  
Nor Farhah Razak ◽  
Rizuan Mohd Rosnan ◽  
Sulaiman Wadi Harun ◽  
Fauzan Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Pump Power ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Maximum Pulse Energy ◽  
Erbium Doped

In this work, a Graphene slurry based passive Q-switcher fabricated from Graphene-Polylactic acid (PLA) filament which is used for 3D printing. To produce the Graphene slurry, the diameter of the filament was reduced and Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was used to dissolve the PLA. The Graphene-THF suspension was drop cast to the end of a fiber ferrule and the THF then evaporated to develop Graphene slurry based SA which is integrated in fiber laser cavity. At threshold input pump power of 30.45 mW, a Q-switched Erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) can be observed with the wavelength centered at 1531.01 nm and this remained stable up to a pump power of 179.5 mW. As the pump power was increased gradually, an increase in the repetition rates was recorded from 42 kHz to 125 kHz, while the pulse width was reduced to 2.58 μs from 6.74 μs. The Q-switched laser yielded a maximum pulse energy and peak power of 11.68 nJ and 4.16 mW, respectively. The proposed Graphene slurry based saturable absorber also produced a signal-to-noise ratio of 44 dB indicating a stable Q-switched pulsed laser.

Parametric Analysis of Laser Beam Percussion Drilling for Thin Titanium Alloy Sheet Using Yb: Yag Fiber Laser

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Mohit Singh ◽  
Sanjay Mishra ◽  
Vinod Yadava ◽  
J. Ramkumar
Keyword(s):  
Laser Beam ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Laser Pulses ◽  
Pulse Frequency ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Power Pulse ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Percussion Drilling

Laser beam percussion drilling (LBPD) can create high density holes in aerospace materials with the repeated application of laser pulses at a single spot. In this study, one-parameter-at-a-time approach has been used to investigate the individual effect of peak power, pulse width and pulse frequency on geometrical accuracy and metallurgical distortion during LBPD of 0.85[Formula: see text]mm thick Ti–6Al–4V sheet using 200[Formula: see text]W Yb:YAG fiber laser. It has been found that the output parameters behave differently at the higher and lower values of a particular input process. The increase of pulse width from 1 to 1.50[Formula: see text]ms increases hole taper by 20% whereas the same corresponding change from 1.50 to 2.00[Formula: see text]ms reduces the taper by 20%. The increase of pulse frequency from 10 to 50[Formula: see text]Hz reduces hole circularity by 40% but the same proportionate change from 50 to 90[Formula: see text]Hz reduces circularity by 79%. Increase of peak power from 1.70 to 2.0[Formula: see text]kW increases hole taper by 8% but the corresponding increase from 2 to 2.30[Formula: see text]kW is 143%.

Acousto-Optic Q-Switched Pulse Fiber Laser with the Peak Power of 9kW

2013 ◽  
Vol 760-762 ◽  
pp. 125-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Liu ◽  
Lin Lin ◽  
Ji Wang ◽  
Kai Chen ◽  
Guo Zheng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Output Power ◽  
Repetition Rate ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Average Power ◽  
Repetition Frequency ◽  
Pulse Waveform ◽  
Pulse Output ◽  
The One

An acousto-optic Q-switched pulse fiber laser was presented, and the output power of 20.3W was obtained by using the one-stage Ytterbium-doped double-cladding fiber amplification. The repetition frequency of the pulse fiber laser was tunable in the range of 20-60kHz. We obtained the pulse output with pulse width of 113ns, peak power of 9kW and the average power of 20.3W, when the repetition frequency was 20kHz. We also measured pulse width at different repetition rate and analyzed pulse waveform.

Pulse width and peak power optimization in a mode-locked fiber laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 2256-2261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Bum Cho ◽  
Hoseong Song ◽  
Sangyoun Gee ◽  
Chang-Soo Park ◽  
Dug Young Kim
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Power Optimization ◽  
Semiconductor Saturable Absorber

scholarly journals Metallic 2H-Tantalum Selenide Nanomaterials as Saturable Absorber for Dual-Wavelength Q-Switched Fiber Laser

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Lingling Yang ◽  
Ruwei Zhao ◽  
Duanduan Wu ◽  
Tianxiang Xu ◽  
Xiaobiao Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Dual Wavelength ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenide ◽  
Promising Candidate ◽  
Laser Applications ◽  
Maximum Pulse Energy ◽  
Structure Simulation ◽  
Tantalum Selenide

A novel 2H-phase transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD)–tantalum selenide (TaSe2) with metallic bandgap structure is a potential photoelectric material. A band structure simulation of TaSe2 via ab initio method indicated its metallic property. An effective multilayered TaSe2 saturable absorber (SA) was fabricated using liquid-phase exfoliation and optically driven deposition. The prepared 2H–TaSe2 SA was successfully used for a dual-wavelength Q-switched fiber laser with the minimum pulse width of 2.95 μs and the maximum peak power of 64 W. The repetition rate of the maximum pulse energy of 89.9 kHz was at the level of 188.9 nJ. The metallic 2H–TaSe2 with satisfactory saturable absorbing capability is a promising candidate for pulsed laser applications.

scholarly journals An Eye-Safe, SBS-Free Coherent Fiber Laser LIDAR Transmitter with Millijoule Energy and High Average Power

Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Mehmetcan Akbulut ◽  
Leonid Kotov ◽  
Kort Wiersma ◽  
Jie Zong ◽  
Maohe Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Repetition Rate ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Current System ◽  
Glass Fibers ◽  
Average Power ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Short Length ◽  
High Average Power

We report on an eye-safe, transform-limited, millijoule energy, and high average power fiber laser. The high gain and short length of the NP phosphate-glass fibers enable the SBS-free operation with kW level peak power. The output energy is up to 1.3 mJ, and the average power is up to 23 W at an 18 kHz repetition rate with 600 ns pulses (peak power > 2.1 kW). The PER is ≈16 dB and the M2 of the beam is 1.33 × 1.18. The coherent LIDAR Figure Of Merit (FOM) is 174 mJ*sqrt(Hz), which to our knowledge is the highest reported for a fiber laser. We also report 0.75 mJ energy and >3.7 kW peak power with down to 200 ns pulses and up to 1.21 mJ energy with a 3–5 kHz repetition rate operation of the current system.

scholarly journals Highly Stable Passively Q-Switched Erbium-Doped All-Fiber Laser Based on Niobium Diselenide Saturable Absorber

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (14) ◽  
pp. 4303
Author(s):  
Ping Hu ◽  
Jiajia Mao ◽  
Hongkun Nie ◽  
Ruihua Wang ◽  
Baitao Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Modulation Depth ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenide ◽  
Center Wavelength ◽  
Niobium Diselenide ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Layered Transition Metal

A saturable absorber (SA) based on niobium diselenide (NbSe2), which is a layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) in the VB group, is fabricated by the optically driven deposition method, and the related nonlinear optical properties are characterized. The modulation depth, saturable intensity, and nonsaturable loss of the as-prepared NbSe2 nanosheet-based SA are measured to be 16.2%, 0.76 MW/cm2, and 14%, respectively. By using the as-fabricated NbSe2 SA, a highly stable, passively Q-switched, erbium-doped, all-fiber laser is realized. The obtained shortest pulse width is 1.49 μs, with a pulse energy of 48.33 nJ at a center wavelength of 1560.38 nm. As far as we know, this is the shortest pulse duration ever obtained by an NbSe2 SA in a Q-switched fiber laser.

Study on Recast Phenomenon in Processing of Micro-Hole with Millisecond Laser

2012 ◽  
Vol 459 ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Dian Wang ◽  
Wen Qiang Duan ◽  
Xue Song Mei ◽  
Wen Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Peak Power ◽  
Recast Layer ◽  
Hole Depth ◽  
Maximum Peak ◽  
Blind Hole ◽  
Micro Hole ◽  
Millisecond Laser

The experiments of micro-hole ablation are conducted firstly on titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V with Nd: YAG millisecond laser. A significant factor which affects the depth of blind hole is found: the depth of recast material. This paper closely examines the regularity of recast depth varying with laser parameters, discovering that the ratio of recast depth to the entire hole depth decreases as pulse width decreases, and increases as peak power decreases. Verification experiment is conducted on stainless steel 1Cr13, eventually micro-hole with very thin recast layer is drilled when the maximum peak power and the minimum pulse width of the present millisecond laser are used.

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