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The modal instability due to heating has been a limiting factor in the ongoing progress towards power scaling in fiber lasers and amplifiers. Radiation balancing has been suggested as a feasible approach for heat mitigation, for which Yb-doped ZBLAN is a recommended gain medium. In this study, we introduce a non-destructive and non-contact method to characterize Yb-doped ZBLAN fibers and show that it is suitable for designing a radiation-balanced fiber laser. Numerical simulations based on measured values indicate that background absorption is the main hindrance to be overcome in such designs.
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Mostafa Peysokhan, Esmaeil Mobini, Arash Mafi, "Effect of the background absorption in achieving a radiation-balanced ZBLAN fiber laser (Conference Presentation)," Proc. SPIE 11298, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications II, 112980I (9 March 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546600