• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 12, 121401 (2023)
Yongwei Shi1、2、3, Nan Zhao1、2、3、*, Jiantao Liu2、3, Jiaming Li2、3、4, Zhiyun Hou2、3, and Guiyao Zhou2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronics and Information, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China
  • 2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 3Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Special Fiber Photonic Devices, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 4Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Ultrashort Pulse Laser Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.121401 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yongwei Shi, Nan Zhao, Jiantao Liu, Jiaming Li, Zhiyun Hou, Guiyao Zhou, "All-fiber laser amplification at 1948 nm based on double-cladding Tm/Al co-doped photonic crystal fiber fabricated by laser additive manufacturing," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 121401 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less
    Experiment of laser additive manufacturing.
    Fig. 1. Experiment of laser additive manufacturing.
    (a) Electron microscope image of Tm/Al co-doped silica fiber; (b) EPMA mapping of the Tm elements in the core; (c) linear analysis of the PCF core.
    Fig. 2. (a) Electron microscope image of Tm/Al co-doped silica fiber; (b) EPMA mapping of the Tm elements in the core; (c) linear analysis of the PCF core.
    Single-stage MOPA system of double-cladding Tm/Al co-doped PCF at 1948 nm.
    Fig. 3. Single-stage MOPA system of double-cladding Tm/Al co-doped PCF at 1948 nm.
    (a) The end faces cut is uneven; (b) the end faces cut is smooth.
    Fig. 4. (a) The end faces cut is uneven; (b) the end faces cut is smooth.
    (a) PCF air-hole force map; (b) the picture of collapsed air hole; (c) acceptability results of splice PCF with passive fiber.
    Fig. 5. (a) PCF air-hole force map; (b) the picture of collapsed air hole; (c) acceptability results of splice PCF with passive fiber.
    Measured profile of MOPA system output beam.
    Fig. 6. Measured profile of MOPA system output beam.
    (a) Spectra of seed source and pump source at different powers; (b) slope efficiency of double-cladding Tm/Al co-doped PCF amplifier.
    Fig. 7. (a) Spectra of seed source and pump source at different powers; (b) slope efficiency of double-cladding Tm/Al co-doped PCF amplifier.
    Upconversion emission spectra under 1064 nm laser excitation.
    Fig. 8. Upconversion emission spectra under 1064 nm laser excitation.
    Yongwei Shi, Nan Zhao, Jiantao Liu, Jiaming Li, Zhiyun Hou, Guiyao Zhou, "All-fiber laser amplification at 1948 nm based on double-cladding Tm/Al co-doped photonic crystal fiber fabricated by laser additive manufacturing," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 121401 (2023)
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