An improved shooting algorithm and its application to high-power fiber lasers

An improved shooting algorithm for high-power fiber laser is proposed based on the relation of the two-end boundary laser powers. By the improved shooting algorithm, the evolutions of the pump and laser powers along the fiber position for Yb-doped and Tm-doped high-power double-clad fiber lasers with the laser scattering loss are analyzed. The results prove that the improved shooting algorithm can be efficient even if the pump power is up to kilowatt level, and the initial value can all be fast convergent as long as the initial guessed laser power is smaller than the truth value. So, this improved shooting algorithm can be used in high-power double-clad fiber lasers efficiently.