Thermal effects in kilowatt all-fiber MOPA.

Thermal effects and output power characteristics of kilowatt all-fiber master-oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) are investigated. Proper designs for cooling apparatus are proposed and demonstrated experimentally, for the purpose of minimizing splice heating which is critical for the reliability of high power operation. By using these optimized methods, a thermal damage-free, highly efficient ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber MOPA operating at 1080 nm with 1.17 kW output was obtained. The maximum surface temperature at the pump light launching end splice of the booster amplifier was 345 K, and the temperature rise for this key splice was 0.052 K/W.

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