LMA fibers with increased higher-order mode loss for high average power, pulsed, diffraction-limited lasers

Y Glick, J Pincha, I Kansal, R Windeler, V Lukonin… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate new, large-mode area (LMA) gain fibers with∼ 25 µm mode-field diameter,
and increased higher-order mode loss that enable diffraction limited, pulsed fiber lasers …