500 W level MOPA laser with switchable output modes based on active control

Opt Express. 2017 Sep 18;25(19):23275-23282. doi: 10.1364/OE.25.023275.

Abstract

We report a high power transverse-mode-switchable fiber laser in a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) configuration. The output modes of a few-mode fiber amplifier can be actively controlled by the input polarization state of the fundamental mode seed laser using SPGD algorithm. A fast, stable and safety mode switching between LP01 and LP11 modes is achieved in the amplifier at output power of 500 W level.