Webinar: Advances in Polarization Maintaining Active Fibers: High Power, Beam Quality and Reliability
Designing state-of-the-art polarization-maintaining (PM) ytterbium-doped fibers for the current needs of the industry for pulsed lasers and amplifiers presents well-known challenges such as offering an excellent beam quality, good efficiency and a high polarization extinction ratio (PER), along with long-term reliability when operated at high power. With an overview of opportunities and challenges in today’s photonic and high-performance laser market, this webinar examines INO’s approach to overcoming nonlinear effects and photodarkening through optimized fiber design, material composition, and process control.
Antoine Proulx and David Melanson will present INO’s FastFBR line of Yb-doped PM fibers, highlighting the balance between the refractive-index control and long-term stability, crucial for the performances required for these fibers. The webinar will also cover the details of the proprietary higher-order-mode filtering strategies, such as the selective doping and depressed-cladding technologies.
Key takeaways:
- Gain an understanding of opportunities and challenges in today’s photonic and high-performance laser market.
- Learn how depressed-clad and tapered designs improve higher-order-mode suppression in large-core fibers.
- Review quantitative results obtained with selected INO FastFBR models.
Technical level
Speakers
Antoine Proulx, Technical Director, INO
David Melanson, Solutions Manager, INO