{"id":{"repo_id":"soton","oai_identifier":"oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:46858"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/soton/oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:46858","repository":{"repo_id":"soton","name":"University of Southampton","base_url":"https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2"},"display":{"title":"Hollow optical fibers and W-type fibers for high power sources and suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering","abstract":"In this thesis, theoretical and experimental studies on hollow optical fibers (HOFs) and depressed clad hollow optical fibers (DCHOFs) for cladding-pumped high power fiber laser sources, operating at a wavelength range 900 - 1100 nm, are reported. In addition, the suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a single-mode high power fiber-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) source, using W-type Yb The suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a small and single-mode core becomes an issue when considering the power scaling of a fiber laser. Here a W-type fiber was designed for SRS suppression with the fundamental mode cut-off set, by design, between the signal and the 1st order Raman Stokes wavelengths. SRS suppression was demonstrated in a high peak power fiber MOPA source with a single-mode output. The maximum peak power achieved was 13 kW with a small, and single-mode, core fiber without any evidence of SRS occurring.","abstract_html":"In this thesis, theoretical and experimental studies on hollow optical fibers (HOFs) and depressed clad hollow optical fibers (DCHOFs) for cladding-pumped high power fiber laser sources, operating at a wavelength range 900 - 1100 nm, are reported. In addition, the suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a single-mode high power fiber-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) source, using W-type Yb The suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a small and single-mode core becomes an issue when considering the power scaling of a fiber laser. Here a W-type fiber was designed for SRS suppression with the fundamental mode cut-off set, by design, between the signal and the 1st order Raman Stokes wavelengths. SRS suppression was demonstrated in a high peak power fiber MOPA source with a single-mode output. The maximum peak power achieved was 13 kW with a small, and single-mode, core fiber without any evidence of SRS occurring.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Kim, Jae-Sun"],"institution":"University of Southampton","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"doctoral","degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2006,"date_issued":"2006-09","date_published":"2006-09","updated_at":"2026-07-24T04:35:46Z","subjects":[],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":null,"outbound_label":null,"outbound_source":null},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Kim, Jae-Sun"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2006-09"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2006-09"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.department","label":"Dc Publisher Department","values":["Optoelectronics Research Centre (pre 2011 reorg)","Optoelectronic Research Centre"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["University of Southampton"]},{"key":"dc:relation.isreferencedby","label":"Dc Relation Isreferencedby","values":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46858/"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationlevel","label":"Dc Type Qualificationlevel","values":["doctoral"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationname","label":"Dc Type Qualificationname","values":["Ph.D."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46858/1/Kim_2006_thesis_3808.pdf"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["In this thesis, theoretical and experimental studies on hollow optical fibers (HOFs) and depressed clad hollow optical fibers (DCHOFs) for cladding-pumped high power fiber laser sources, operating at a wavelength range 900 - 1100 nm, are reported. In addition, the suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a single-mode high power fiber-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) source, using W-type Yb The suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a small and single-mode core becomes an issue when considering the power scaling of a fiber laser. Here a W-type fiber was designed for SRS suppression with the fundamental mode cut-off set, by design, between the signal and the 1st order Raman Stokes wavelengths. SRS suppression was demonstrated in a high peak power fiber MOPA source with a single-mode output. The maximum peak power achieved was 13 kW with a small, and single-mode, core fiber without any evidence of SRS occurring."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["text"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Hollow optical fibers and W-type fibers for high power sources and suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:creator":["Kim, Jae-Sun"],"dc:date":["2006-09"],"dc:date.issued":["2006-09"],"dc:description.abstract":["In this thesis, theoretical and experimental studies on hollow optical fibers (HOFs) and depressed clad hollow optical fibers (DCHOFs) for cladding-pumped high power fiber laser sources, operating at a wavelength range 900 - 1100 nm, are reported. In addition, the suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a single-mode high power fiber-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) source, using W-type Yb The suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in a small and single-mode core becomes an issue when considering the power scaling of a fiber laser. Here a W-type fiber was designed for SRS suppression with the fundamental mode cut-off set, by design, between the signal and the 1st order Raman Stokes wavelengths. SRS suppression was demonstrated in a high peak power fiber MOPA source with a single-mode output. The maximum peak power achieved was 13 kW with a small, and single-mode, core fiber without any evidence of SRS occurring."],"dc:format":["text"],"dc:identifier.uri":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46858/1/Kim_2006_thesis_3808.pdf"],"dc:publisher.department":["Optoelectronics Research Centre (pre 2011 reorg)","Optoelectronic Research Centre"],"dc:publisher.institution":["University of Southampton"],"dc:relation.isreferencedby":["https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46858/"],"dc:title":["Hollow optical fibers and W-type fibers for high power sources and suppression of the stimulated Raman scattering"],"dc:type":["Thesis"],"dc:type.qualificationlevel":["doctoral"],"dc:type.qualificationname":["Ph.D."]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T04:35:46Z"}