ELBIT SYSTEMS ELECTRO-OPTICS ELOP LTD.;SACKS ZACHARY;HOVHANNISYAN GRIGOR
发明人:
SACKS ZACHARY,HOVHANNISYAN GRIGOR
申请号：
IL24750616
公开号：
IL247506D0
申请日:
2016.08.25
申请国别(地区):
IL
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
Fiber lasers and methods are provided, in which the modal instability threshold is raised to provide more laser power. Fiber lasers comprise an active optical fiber having at least one absorption peak wavelength (λpeak) and capable of supporting more than a fundamental mode during operation, and a plurality of pump diodes connected to deliver radiation emitted thereby into the optical fiber. At least one of the pump diodes is a wavelength-locked (WL) diode and at least one of the pump diodes is configured to deliver radiation at at least λ≠λ(not necessarily the same diode(s)). The pump diodes may comprise any of WL diode(s) at λ≠λpeak, WL diode(s) at λ=λpeak and non-WL diode(s). Pumping radiation off the fiber's absorption peak increases the modal instability threshold, most likely by reducing the temperature gradient in the active fiber at the fiber pump entrance point and along the fiber.
