Fiber Laser Basics

Time: Sep 23, 2020 Author: Sintec Optronics View: 2268

A fiber laser (or fibre lase) is a laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth elements such as erbium, ytterbium, neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium, thulium and holmium. They are related to doped fiber amplifiers, which provide light amplification without lasing. A fiber laser with MOPA configuration is shown as follows:

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Pump laser diode:

  • Fiber-coupled diodes, 405nm, 445nm, 520nm, 635nm, 785nm, 793nm, 808nm, 830nm, 878.6nm, 915nm, 940nm, 976nm, 1064nm, 1550nm (C band, L band etc.), EDFAs

Fused fiber components:

  • Pump combiner

  • WDM

  • Splitters

  • Combiners

  • Couplers 1:99, 5:95, 10:90, 20:80, 30:70, 40:60, 50:50

FC AOM:

Passive fiber:

  • Single mode fibers, SMF28

  • Large mode area (LMA Fibers)

  • Photonic crystal fibers

  • Hollow core fibers

Active fiber:

  • Yb, Er, Tm, Hm doped fibers, available in single-mode and LMA or customised profile.

FIber Bragg gratings:

  • Customised FBGs

SESAM:

  • Saturable Absorbers

  • Saturable Absorber Mirrors

Fiber delivery:

  • Hollow core fiber delivery

  • Fiber bundles

Optics:

  • Polarisation optics

  • Isolators

  • Collimators (beam expanders)

Power supply:

  • Diode drivers

We can supply the above full range of fiber laser components. Please contact us for more information and consultant.