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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2012.23.3.124

Design and Fabrication of Reflection-type Pump LD Protection Filters for High Power Fiber Lasers by Using Ta2O5/SiO2 Thin Films  

Sung, Hamin (Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Kim, Jae Hun (Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Lee, Seok (Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Jhon, Young Min (Sensor System Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.23, no.3, 2012 , pp. 124-127 More about this Journal
Abstract
We designed and fabricated dichroic filters for high-power fiber lasers to protect the pumping laser diode from counterpropagating laser beams. The transmittance at laser diode wavelengths of 905 nm~925 nm was designed to be less than 0.1% and the transmittance at the fiber laser or Brillouin scattering wavelengths of 1020 nm ~ 1100 nm was designed to be more than 99.9%. Since oxide materials have good adhesion to the $SiO_2$ substrate, $SiO_2/Ta_2O_5$ were used as coating materials. The filter was fabricated according to our optimized design and its characteristics were compared with the theoretical design. As a result, the transmittance at laser diode wavelengths of 905 nm~925 nm was measured to be less than 0.1%, and the transmittance at the fiber laser or Brillouin scattering wavelengths of 1020 nm~1100 nm was measured to be more than 95.5%, which coincided well with the theoretical design considering processing errors. The filter was found to operate well over 1W of input laser power.
Keywords
Thin films; Dichroic Filter; Fiber Lasers;
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