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  4. Polarization-resolved mode evolution in TMI-limited Yb-doped fiber amplifiers using a novel high-speed Stokes polarimeter
 
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2023
Journal Article
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Polarization-resolved mode evolution in TMI-limited Yb-doped fiber amplifiers using a novel high-speed Stokes polarimeter

Abstract
In this work we have developed a high-speed Stokes polarimeter method based on simultaneous 4-channel imaging with a high-speed camera. Thus, current speed limitations of imaging polarimeters for wavelengths around 1 µm can be overcome, allowing a sub-ms polarization-resolved characterization of transverse mode instability (TMI). Additionally, the Stokes parameters of each individual mode are calculated by a simultaneous 4-beam mode reconstruction algorithm during post-processing and can be analyzed with unprecedented temporal resolution. We demonstrate the measurement capabilities of this polarimeter setup by characterizing TMI of a large-mode-area Yb-doped polarization maintaining (PM) fiber amplifier with 30 kHz video frame rate. Upon thorough characterization, we have found for the first time that at the onset of TMI in a PM fiber, the modal polarization states begin to oscillate on circular and elliptical trajectories at the same frequencies as the modal energy transfer occurs. The ability to measure the modal polarization states with sub-ms temporal resolution is key to developing a fundamental understanding and subsequently possible mitigation strategies of TMI in PM-fiber lasers.
Author(s)
Möller, Friedrich
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Palma Vega, Gonzalo
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Grimm, Florian
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Häßner, Denny
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Kuhn, Stefan  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Nold, Johannes  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Haarlammert, Nicoletta  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Walbaum, Till
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Schreiber, Thomas  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF  
Journal
Optics Express  
Open Access
DOI
10.1364/OE.505716
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