Dynamic characteristics of stimulated Raman scattering in high power fiber amplifiers in the presence of mode instabilities.

Impact of mode instability on dynamic characteristics of stimulated Raman scattering in high power fiber amplifiers has been studied for the first time, which reveals another characterization of mode instability from the aspect of optical spectrum. It shows that, after the onset of mode instability, the measured light spectrums, especially the Raman light spectrums, are different from those without mode instability, which become burr-like. As mode instability evolves into different stages, the intensity of stimulated Raman scattering effects as laser power increasing also behaves differently. During the transition region, the stimulated Raman scattering effect becomes stronger as the lasing power increases until the mode instability evolves into chaotic regions, where the stimulated Raman scattering effect weakens. The effect of stimulated Raman scattering on mode instability has also been studied. Due to that the stimulated Raman scattering effect is weak and that the fraction of Raman light is only a few percent, the stimulated-Raman-scattering-induced mode instability has not been observed in the experiment, and the observed mode instability is induced by ytterbium ion gain of signal laser. It also revealed that the stimulated Raman scattering has negligible influence on the mode instability induced by ytterbium ion gain.

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