A novel large-mode-area Bragg fiber (BF) is proposed for selectively suppressing the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) of Yb. Confinement loss can be effectively lowered by adding a layer of F-doped glass near the core of this fiber. The BF can achieve effective suppression of ASE of Yb when the bend radius is 0.15 m at wavelength lower than 1.13 μm in theory, and eliminate LP 11 mode in mode competition in wavelength range of 1.15 1.2 μm.
We report a cladding-pumped Tm^(3+)-doped domestic silica fiber laser operated at 2pm and actively Q-switched with an acousto-optic modulator.Pulse trains are obtained as pumped by a 785nm laser diode.The maximum average output power is 1.27W.Peak power up to 4.2kW and pulse energy up to 840μJ are obtained with the pulse duration of 200ns produced at a repetition rate of 1 kHz.The laser performance is studied under different repetition rates and pump powers.Lastly,we give some discussion.
