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 …

2mJ pulse energy, 420kW peak power, all-fiber amplifier with diffraction-limited beam quality

Y Glick, J Pincha, I Kansal, R Windeler… - Fiber Lasers XXI …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We demonstrate record high energy of 2 mJ, with four nanosecond pulses a peak power of⪆
420 kW and average power of 660 W, in a fiber amplifier using a novel 26 μm mode-field …