Optimizing fiber component manufacturing by observing the modal composition and PER in real-time
- authored by
- Nils Haverland, Eike Brockmüller, Fabian Kranert, Jörg Neumann, Dietmar Kracht
- Abstract
Fiber-based laser and amplifier systems provide high output power, excellent beam quality and easy handling by utilizing a setup consisting of fiber components like signal-pump combiners and cladding-light strippers. Large-mode-area fibers are used in these systems to improve the performance while maintaining single-mode operation. Compared to pure single-mode fibers, these fibers always guide higher order modes, which can have an impact on the system’s performance. An instrument was developed based on the S2-method, which is able to perform high-speed, in-line measurements of the modal composition and polarization extinction ratio. This device is used to monitor the fiber component manufacturing process using large-mode-area fibers in real-time, enabling us to improve critical process steps and, thereby, optimize the manufactured components, namely signal-pump combiners and fiber endcaps.
- Organisation(s)
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QuantumFrontiers
- External Organisation(s)
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Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
- Type
- Conference contribution
- Publication date
- 12.03.2024
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Science Applications, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000926 (Access:
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