Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Single Frequency Amplifier with Photonic Bandgap Fiber at 1178 nm

A single frequency photonic bandgap fiber amplifier at 1178 nm is investigated experimentally and numerically. With a pump power of 81 W, a single frequency 1178 nm fiber laser of 10.3 W is obtained with a 3 W seed laser and a 20 m gain fiber. Numerical simulation is conducted with a rate equation model taking amplified spontaneous emission and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) into consideration. Temperature distribution along the fiber is applied for SBS suppression, more than 50 W single frequency fiber laser at 1178 nm is predicted theoretically with a 5 W seed laser and a 40 m long gain fiber with five temperature steps.