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Frequency-doubling of an optical vortex output from a stressed Yb-doped fiber amplifier

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The frequency-doubling of a picosecond vortex fiber laser, formed of a 1-μm picosecond master laser and a large-mode-area fiber amplifier by using a nonlinear LiB3O5, crystal, was performed. A maximum second-harmonic power of 7.7 W was achieved, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 31 %. The second harmonic had an annular spatial form owing to a phase singularity with a doubled topological charge, and its wavefront helicity was selectively controlled by tuning the stress applied to the fiber amplifier.

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The authors acknowledge funding from a Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid (16032202 and 18360031) and Support Program for Improving Graduate School Education from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science.

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  1. Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan

    Mio Koyama, Akito Shimomura, Katsuhiko Miyamoto & Takashige Omatsu

  2. CREST Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan

    Takashige Omatsu

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Koyama, M., Shimomura, A., Miyamoto, K. et al. Frequency-doubling of an optical vortex output from a stressed Yb-doped fiber amplifier. Appl. Phys. B 116, 249–254 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-014-5879-x

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