Placement Scheme of Numerous Laser Beams in the Context of Fiber-Based Laser Fusion

A simple scheme based on the uniform distribution for the placement of numerous laser beams in the context o~ fiber-based laser fusion is proposed. It is theoretically demonstrated that all modes of the geometrical factor can be eliminated if sufflcient laser beams are uniformly distributed on the sphere. In the case of a finite number of laser beams, a quasi-uniform distribution of beams can be achieved based on the equal area subdivision algorithm. Numerical simulations indicate that with the increasing number of laser beams, the order of the dominant geometrical mode increases, and the irradiation nonuniformity decreases accordingly.     

Effective SNR improvement using a high-power pulsed pump in an ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier

A high-power pulsed pump method is proposed to obtain a high-energy output with an improved signal- to-noise ratio （SNR） during pulse amplification. Based on numerical analysis, the ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers are compared under different pumping conditions. At the same signal gain, the output using the high-power pulsed pump shows great SNR improvement and reduced output signal distortion, compared with a continuous-wave pump and a low-power pulsed pump. By adjusting the pump parameters, the amplifier can achieve the optimal output SNR without sacrificing the signal gain. We believe that the high-power pulsed pump scheme is very suitable for the high-energy nanosecond pulse amplification, which has a high SNR requirement.     

少模光纤放大器模式竞争及信噪比的研究

将信号模场和增益离子横向分布函数引入功率传输方程，采用多环法计算少模光纤放大器中信号及ASE的传输放大。研究增益离子分布对模式竞争和信噪比(SNR)的影响。对照模型改进前后结果，给出两种模型各自适用范围。结果表明，信号填充因子是表征不同模式在竞争中强弱地位的有效指标。增益离子集中掺杂有利于基模的放大和高阶模的抑制；集中均匀掺杂60%-70%较利于基模选择；随着掺杂范围趋于集中，ASE显著降低，信噪比逐渐提高。