Abstract

This paper reports, for the first time to our best knowledge, a nearly diffraction-limited output in a ${\mathrm{Yb}}^{3+}/{\mathrm{Al}}^{3+}/{\mathrm{F}}^{-}$ codoped double cladding silica fiber with a 50 μm core diameter and 0.02 core NA. The core glass with a diameter $>6\mathrm{mm}$ was fabricated through solgel process combined with high temperature sintering. Laser performances of this fiber at different bend diameters were studied. The mean ${\mathrm{M}}^2<1.1$ in this 50 μm core diameter fiber was achieved at a bend diameter of 0.35 m. The core glass with the refractive index nearly equal to pure silica glass is suitable for the fiber design, such as large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber.

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