Abstract

Side pumping combiners are widely used in fiber laser schemes for their high coupling efficiency, low insertion loss, and multi-point pumping capability. However, side pumping combiners perform differently in coupling efficiency when pumping with a laser diode (LD) and a high-brightness 1018 nm Yb-doped fiber laser (YDFL). In this paper, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, we investigated the different parameters to fabricate the (2+1)×1 combiner with high coupling efficiency when pumping with an LD and a YDFL, respectively. After optimization, the maximum coupled pump power from one single-pump port of the combiner was 1200 W and 2730 W when pumping with a LD and a YDFL, respectively.

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