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Pre-compensation of thermally induced refractive index changes in a depressed core fully aperiodic large-pitch fiber for high average power operation

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Abstract

To prevent the thermally induced spatial beam degradation occurring in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, index-depressed core “fully aperiodic large-pitch fibers” (FA-LPFs) have been designed and fabricated. In contrast to previous experimental works performed on FA-LPFs, in which the active core and the surrounding cladding material are quasi-index-matched, the core refractive index is in slight depression compared to the surrounding material ($\Delta n \approx - {3} \times {{10}^{- 5}}$). Thus, the index-depressed fiber core tends first to behave as an anti-guide, preventing light from being properly guided into it. However, by increasing the absorbed pump power, the thermal load induces a parabolic refractive index change sufficient to compensate for the ${-3} \times {{10}^{- 5}}$ index depression in the core, enabling a robust single-mode amplification at high average power. As a proof of concept, using a 110 µm depressed core FA-LPF, ${M^2}$ values of 1.3 were demonstrated in amplifier configuration from 60 W to a maximal value of 170 W of emitted average power only limited by the available pump power.

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