Dual-wavelength narrow-linewidth linearly polarized seed source and stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression in its high-power fiber amplification

In this paper, we demonstrate a dual-wavelength narrow-linewidth linearly polarized all-fiber amplifier emitting 1035 and 1030 nm wavelengths with a high power of 80.0 W. The seed source features two sets of fiber Bragg gratings fabricated on polarization maintaining fibers and a ytterbium-doped fiber as the gain medium. Two wavelengths propagate in one overlapping cavity and the power ratio can be tuned by a coiling fiber setup. A master oscillator power amplifier system consisting of a two-stage amplifier is employed. Longitudinally varied strains are applied on the gain fiber to suppress the back-scattered Stokes light in the main amplifier stage. With an appropriate seed power ratio, we are able to generate amplification power to 80.0 W comprised of 1035 and 1030 nm light while achieving an increase of at least six times that of the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold. Since both frequencies are propagating in one cavity and amplified in one gain medium, the 1035 and 1030 nm lasers have good temporal and spatial overlapping characteristics. This high-power MHz-level linearly polarized structure affords a compact, novel, and high-efficiency approach to different frequency generation of mid-infrared or terahertz emission. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America