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Numerous practical applications within engineering disciplines, such as telecommunications, necessitate optimizing power delivery to a connected load. This pursuit, however, entails inherent internal losses, which can either equal or exceed the power supplied to the load. The Thevenin equivalent circuit is helpful in finding the maximum power a linear circuit can deliver to a load. It is assumed in this context that the load resistance can be adjusted.
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    Area of Science:

    • Photonics
    • Fiber Optics
    • Laser Technology

    Background:

    • Highly saturated fiber amplifiers are crucial for high-power lasers.
    • Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) and transverse modal instability (TMI) limit output power.
    • Optimizing fiber design is key to overcoming these limitations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a method for maximizing power output in cladding-pumped continuous-wave single-frequency fiber amplifiers.
    • To identify key parameters influencing power maximization, including SBS and TMI thresholds.
    • To numerically analyze different fiber designs for improved performance.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a design figure of merit incorporating fundamental mode overlap, peak Brillouin gain, and peak mode coupling gain.
    • Numerically analyzed standard, segmented acoustically tailored, and micro-segmented acoustically tailored photonic-crystal fibers.
    • Evaluated the impact of fiber design on SBS and TMI thresholds.

    Main Results:

    • The design figure of merit effectively predicts power output limitations.
    • Segmented and micro-segmented acoustically tailored photonic-crystal fibers show significant potential.
    • These advanced fiber designs are predicted to enable 50% higher output power than standard photonic crystal fibers.

    Conclusions:

    • Advanced fiber designs, particularly acoustically tailored photonic-crystal fibers, offer a pathway to significantly increase power output.
    • The proposed design methodology provides a framework for optimizing fiber amplifiers for high-power applications.
    • This research contributes to the development of more efficient and powerful fiber laser systems.