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Yb band parasitic lasing suppression in Er/Yb-co-doped pulsed fiber amplifier based on all-solid photonic bandgap fiber

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A novel kind of all-solid photonic bandgap fiber (AS-PBGF) has been used in the master oscillator power amplifier structured Er/Yb-co-doped pulsed fiber amplifier to suppress the Yb band parasitic lasing for the power scaling and safety operation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time to report the use of AS-PBGF to suppress the Yb band parasitic lasing. The experimental results show that the Yb band parasitic lasing has been suppressed efficiently and the amplifier power has been raised dramatically with the utilization of AS-PBGF. An output power of 2.66 W was finally obtained without any unwanted parasitic lasing.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 61007054), Doctoral Program of High School Research Fund (20104408110002), Key Program of Basic Research Project of Shenzhen (JC201005250048A), Improvement and Development Project of Shenzhen Key Lab (CXB201005240014A), National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (2010CB735904), the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen City (JC201105170693A) and Natural Science Foundation of SZU (201203).

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  1. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Precision Manufacturing Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, People’s Republic of China

    Deqin Ouyang, Chunyu Guo, Shuangchen Ruan & Peiguang Yan

  2. State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology, Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable Company Ltd. R&D Center, Wuhan, 430073, People’s Republic of China

    Huifeng Wei & Jie Luo

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Ouyang, D., Guo, C., Ruan, S. et al. Yb band parasitic lasing suppression in Er/Yb-co-doped pulsed fiber amplifier based on all-solid photonic bandgap fiber. Appl. Phys. B 114, 585–590 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5564-5

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