Recent progress of fiber lasers spectra combination based on volume Bragg gratings

ZHANG Xi; ZHAO Shang-hong; CHU Xing-chun; WU Zhuo-liang

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Recent progress of fiber lasers spectra combination based on volume Bragg gratings

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Telecommunication Engineering Institute, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710077, China

Received Date: 2011-02-25
Accepted Date: 2011-05-11

Abstract

Because photo-thermo-refractive(PTR) glass has high photo-sensitivity in the UV band, and high transmittance in the near-IR band, volume Bragg gratings(VBGs)recorded in PTR glass are widely used in high-power lasers. Recent progress of spectral beam combination of fiber lasers based on VBGs was reviewed. The theory of VBGs recorded in PTR glass and the basic principle of five kinds of spectral beam combination schemes were introduced, including spectral beam combination based on single VBG,cascaded VBGs and multiplexed VBGs, common-cavity spectral beam combination and coherent and spectral beam combination based on VBGs. The advantages and disadvantages of these schemes were analyzed. At last, the problems of each beam combination were discussed.
- laser technique,
- photo-thermo-refractive glass,
- volume Bragg grating,
- fiber laser,
- spectral beam combination

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[26]	ANDRUSYAK O,CIAPURIN I,SMIRNOV V,et al.External and common-cavity high spectral density beam combining of high power fiber lasers[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2008,6873:687314.
[27]	JAIN A,DRACHENBERG D,ANDRUSYAK O,et al.Coherent and spectral beam combining of fiber lasers using volume Bragg gratings[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2010,7686:768615/1-768615/8.

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Recent progress of fiber lasers spectra combination based on volume Bragg gratings

1. Telecommunication Engineering Institute, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710077, China

Received Date: 2011-02-25

Accepted Date: 2011-05-11

Available Online: 2011-11-25

Abstract: Because photo-thermo-refractive(PTR) glass has high photo-sensitivity in the UV band, and high transmittance in the near-IR band, volume Bragg gratings(VBGs)recorded in PTR glass are widely used in high-power lasers. Recent progress of spectral beam combination of fiber lasers based on VBGs was reviewed. The theory of VBGs recorded in PTR glass and the basic principle of five kinds of spectral beam combination schemes were introduced, including spectral beam combination based on single VBG,cascaded VBGs and multiplexed VBGs, common-cavity spectral beam combination and coherent and spectral beam combination based on VBGs. The advantages and disadvantages of these schemes were analyzed. At last, the problems of each beam combination were discussed.

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[1]	WU Zh L,LOU Q H,ZHOU J,et al.Research progress of pumping methods for fiber laser[J].Laser & Optoelectronics Progress,2004(4):30-34(in Chinese).
[2]	LOU Q H,ZHOU J,ZHU J Q,et al.Recent progress of high-power fiber lasers[J].Infrared and Laser Engineering,2006,35(2):135-138(in Chinese).
[3]	ZHAO Ch J,CHEN G H,MU W,et al.Research progress of pumping technology for high power fiber lasers[J].Laser & Optoelectronics Progress,2007(3):35-43(in Chinese).
[4]	DONG L,LI J,McKAY H A,et al.Large effective mode area optical fibers for high power lasers[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2009,7195:71950N1-71950N8.
[5]	JEONG Y,SAHU J K,PAYNE D N,et al.Ytterbium-doped large-core fiber laser with 1.36kW continuous-wave output power[J].Optics Express,2004,12(25):6088-6092.
[6]	WANG Zh J,WANG Y,MEI L.The progress of KW fiber laser[J].Laser Journal,2006,27(6):11-12(in Chinese).
[7]	DAWSON J W,MESSERLY M J,BEACH R J,et al.Analysis of the scalability of diffraction-linited fiber lasers and amplifiers to high average power[J].Optics Express,2008,16(17):13240-13266.
[8]	ZHOU P,HOU J,CHEN Z L,et al.Comparative study for coherent beam combining and spectral beam combining of fiber lasers[J].Laser Technology,2008,32(4):413-416(in Chinese).
[9]	FAN T Y,SANCHEZ A.Coherent(phased array) and wavelength(spectral) beam combining compared[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2005,5709:157-164.
[10]	ZHAN Sh B,ZHAO Sh H,XU J,et al.Study of spectral beam combining based on transmitting volume Bragg grating[J].Journal of Optoelectronics·Laser,2008,19(3):317-321(in Chinese).
[11]	CULPEPPER M A.Coherent combination of fiber laser beam[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2002,4629:99-108.
[12]	EFIMOV O M,GLEBOV L B,SMIRNOV V I.High efficiency volume diffractive elements in photo-thermo-refractive glass:US,6673497[P].2004-06-01.
[13]	EFIMOV O M,GLEBOV L B,SMIRNOV V I.Diffractive optical elements in photosensitive inorganic glasses[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2001,4452:392.
[14]	GLEBOV L B,GLEBOVA L.Swelling of photo-thermo-refractive glass resulted from thermal development[J].Glass Science and Technology,2002,75 :294-297.
[15]	GLEBOV L B.High brightness laser design based on volume Bragg gratings[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2006,6216:621601.
[16]	EFIMOV O M,GLEBOV L B,SMIRNOV V I.Process for production of high efficiency volume diffractive elements in photo-thermo-refractive glass:US,6586141[P].2003-07-01.
[17]	GLEBOV L.Fluorinated silicate glass for conventional and holographic optical elements[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2007,6545:654507.
[18]	CIAPURIN I V,GLEBOV L B,GLEBOVA L N,et al.Incoherent combining of 100W Yb-fiber laser beams by PTR Bragg grating[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2003,4974:209-219.
[19]	CIAPURIN I V,GLEBOV L B,SMIRNOV V I.Spectral combining of high-power fiber laser beams using Bragg grating in PTR glass[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2004,5335:116-124.
[20]	SEVIAN A,ANDRUSYAK O,CIAPURIN I V,et al.Spectral beam combining with volume Bragg gratings:cross-talk analysis and optimization schemes[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2006,6216:6210V/1-6210V/12.
[21]	CIAPURIN I V,GLEBOV L B,SMIRNOV V I.Modeling of phase volume diffractive gratings,part 1:transmitting sinusoidal uniform gratings[J].Optical Engineering,2006,45(1):015802/1-015802/9.
[22]	SEVIAN A,ANDRUSYAK O,CIAPURIN I,et al.Ultimate efficiency of multi-channel spectral beam combiners by means of volume Bragg gratings[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2007,6453:64530R/1-64530R/8.
[23]	ANDRUSYAK O,CIAPURIN I V,SMIRNOV V I,et al.Spectral beam combining of fiber lasers with increased channel density[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2007,6453:64531L/1-64531L/7.
[24]	SEVIAN A,ANDRUSYAK O,CIAPURIN I,et al.Efficient power scaling of laser radiation by spectral beam combining[J].Optics Letters,2008,33(4):384-386.
[25]	ANDRUSYAK O,SMIRNOV V,VENUS G,et al.Applications of volume Bragg gratings for spectral control and beam combining of high power fiber lasers[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2009,7195:71951Q1-71951Q11.
[26]	ANDRUSYAK O,CIAPURIN I,SMIRNOV V,et al.External and common-cavity high spectral density beam combining of high power fiber lasers[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2008,6873:687314.
[27]	JAIN A,DRACHENBERG D,ANDRUSYAK O,et al.Coherent and spectral beam combining of fiber lasers using volume Bragg gratings[J].Proceedings of SPIE,2010,7686:768615/1-768615/8.

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