E-band fiber laser performance and power analysis with longitudinally averaged population modeling

Kiani, Leily S.; Beach, Raymond J.; Dawson, Jay W.; Pax, Paul H.; Allen, Graham S.; Drachenberg, Derrek R.; Khitrov, Victor V.; Schenkel, Nick; Cook, Matthew J.; Crist, Robert P.; Messerly, Michael J.

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.35.002833

Title: E-band fiber laser performance and power analysis with longitudinally averaged population modeling

Journal Article · Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.35.002833· OSTI ID:1491251

^[1]; Beach, Raymond J. ^[1]; Dawson, Jay W. ^[1]; Pax, Paul H. ^[1]; Allen, Graham S. ^[1]; Drachenberg, Derrek R. ^[1]; Khitrov, Victor V. ^[1]; Schenkel, Nick ^[1]; Cook, Matthew J. ^[1]; Crist, Robert P. ^[1]; Messerly, Michael J. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

To help facilitate the modeling of new fiber laser systems, such as those with complex functional microstructures, we report on a simplified modeling methodology that can accommodate the parasitic kinetic effects often present in such systems. The essence of our approach is to integrate kinetics over the length of the gain medium at the outset, thereby forfeiting longitudinally resolved information about the system but simplifying its energetics analysis. To illustrate the benefits of our new approach over more conventional coupled-rate-equation analyses, we apply our model to an ${Nd}^{3 +}$ -doped fiber laser operating on the ${}_{4}{F_{3 / 2}} - {{}_{4}I}_{13 / 2}$ transition at 1400 nm. The model produces closed-form solutions for the various output channels available to the pump power and enables projections of ultimate laser performance to be conveniently generated.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1491251

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1477815

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-753963; 938600

Journal Information:: Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics, Vol. 35, Issue 11; ISSN 0740-3224

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Country of Publication:: United States

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