Introduction to fiber lasers 2
A fiber laser is a type of fiber that uses doped with rare earth elements as a laser medium. It activates the fiber to generate and amplify laser light. This laser device has many unique advantages that make it widely popular in the medical and industrial fields. The core part of the fiber laser is an optical fiber doped with rare earth elements (such as ytterbium-doped fiber and erbium-doped fiber). When the pump light source (usually a diode laser) enters the optical fiber through a coupler, the rare earth element is excited and generates laser light through stimulated radiation. The laser light propagates and amplifies in the optical fiber and is finally output through the end of the optical fiber. A dvantages 1. High beam quality: The beam produced by the fiber laser has high beam quality and low beam divergence. 2. High efficiency: The optical-to-electrical conversion efficiency of the fiber laser is very high, usually between 30-50%. 3. Good heat dissipation performa...