Threshold analysis of fiber-coupler-combined fiber lasers |
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Authors: | Qunfei Ou Jianguo Chen Nianchun Sun |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Opto-electronics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China b South-West Institute of Technical Physics, Chengdu 610041, China |
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Abstract: | Threshold conditions of coherently combined fiber lasers, joint by fiber couplers (FCs), have been studied. After considering the phase change of a light wave crossing the fiber inside the FC, it has been shown that, at the two input ports of the coupler connecting with the amplifying fibers, the phase difference between the two incoming fields should be equal to −π/2 if the threshold gain of the compound system is to be minimized. Starting from these input ports, following the circulations of waves, threshold conditions can be established. Expressions for the output and leakage powers, and optimum coupler splitting ratio nullifying the leakage when constituent fiber lasers giving different free-running powers have been derived. And, the threshold gain reductions of individual lasers after being coherently combined have been predicted. |
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Keywords: | Fiber lasers Coherent combination Threshold condition |
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