Dr. Michael J. Messerly Profile

Dr. Michael J. Messerly

Physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2022 Presentation + Paper

First demonstration of dispersion-shifted LMA silica fiber in a high-power 1.6-um laser

Charles Yu, Victor Khitrove, Paul Pax, Cody Mart, Mike Runkle, Mike Messerly, Jay Dawson, Jun Zhang, Mark Dubinskii

Proceedings Volume 11981, 119810S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2608370

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Dispersion, Optical fibers, Optical amplifiers, Modulation, Erbium, Multimode fibers, Diodes

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Proceedings Article | 26 November 2018 Presentation

Novel AMP surface treatment for improving optical fiber strength and laser gain (Conference Presentation)

Diana VanBlarcom, Derrek Drachenberg, Marcus Monticelli, Gabriel Davalos, Steve Davis, Nick Schenkel, Matthew Cook, Robert Crist, Michael Messerly, Jay Dawson

Proceedings Volume 10805, 108051C (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2501563

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Laser damage threshold, Glasses, Silica, Etching, Coating, National Ignition Facility, Amplifiers, Fiber coatings, Photonic crystals

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Contaminants can severely limit the efficiency, laser damage threshold, and strength of photonic crystal fiber-based lasers. Such contamination can occur due to environmental exposure during the pulling or stacking of rods and tubes or improper handling and storage of these glass components. A preform made by the “stack and draw” process is susceptible to incorporating surface contaminants into the bulk laser glass. We have adapted cleaning and handling protocols originally developed for processing large fused silica optics for the National Ignition Facility. The etch cleaning process reported here mimics the “AMP” or “Advanced Mitigation Process” developed for NIF optics that see high fluence 351nm light. In addition, all cleaning, fixturing and assembly processes used to prep a stack for pulling into a fiber are done in a Class 100 cleanroom. Glass rods (1-3mm in diameter and 10” long) are assembled into a Teflon fixture that only contacts the rods at each end. The loaded fixture receives 120kHz ultrasonic cleaning in 10% sodium hydroxide at 45C and 3% Brulin 1696 detergent at 55C. Parts are thoroughly rinsed using ultrasonicated ultrapure water and spray rinses. A 200nm etch in buffered hydrofluoric acid (6:1 BOE diluted 2:1 in DI water) is followed by additional ultasonicated (120kHz-270kHz) ultrapure water and spray rinse. Finally, the components are allowed to fully dry inside the Teflon frame. The rods are cleaned, stacked, and assembled into a fused silica tube. The preform stack is then returned to a non-cleanroom area to be pulled into fiber using standard telecom fiber-based draw tower equipment and without clean air filters around the draw area. Four fibers were made to test independently the damage threshold and the background loss, two Yb core active fibers and two silica core (F clad) fibers. One of each was cleaned with the AMP process, and one of each with a methanol wipe cleaning process. The active fiber was coated with a dual acrylate coating, first with a low-index inner coating to provide a pump cladding, and then with a relatively hard coating to protect the relatively soft primary coating. The active fibers were pumped at 980nm in a double Fresnel cavity configuration and the power increased until the fiber was damaged up to 1kW. The passive fiber background loss was measured using a standard cut-back technique. Replacing the former methanol wipe clean process with this aqueous cleaning process improved the 1060nm damage threshold of a fiber laser by >30x to above the kW level in the laboratory and reduced the background attenuation by >18x. Early indications are that the acid etching also makes the tensile strength of the fiber consistently high. This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

Proceedings Article | 26 February 2018 Paper

10W single-mode Nd3+ fiber laser at 1428nm

Victor Khitrov, Leily Kiani, Paul Pax, Derrek Drachenberg, Michael Messerly, Robert Crist, Nick Schenkel, Matt Cook, Jay Dawson

Proceedings Volume 10512, 105121P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2284876

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Neodymium, Fiber amplifiers, Waveguides, Silica, Laser development, High power fiber amplifiers, Diodes, Laser sources

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Proceedings Article | 20 May 2015 Paper

Higher order mode selection for power scaling in laser resonators using transmitting Bragg gratings

Brian Anderson, George Venus, Dan Ott, Evan Hale, Ivan Divliansky, Derrek Drachenberg, Jay Dawson, Mike Messerly, Paul Pax, John Tassano, Leonid Glebov

Proceedings Volume 9466, 94660C (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177060

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Diffraction, Fiber Bragg gratings, Neodymium, Laser resonators, Multiplexing, Amplifiers, Glasses, Wave propagation, Near field

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2015 Paper

Brightness enhancement of a multi-mode ribbon fiber using transmitting Bragg gratings

B. Anderson, G. Venus, D. Ott, I. Divliansky, J. Dawson, D. Drachenberg, M. Messerly, P. Pax, J. Tassano, L. Glebov

Proceedings Volume 9344, 93441W (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079358

KEYWORDS: Resonators, Diffraction, Fiber Bragg gratings, Fiber lasers, Optical filters, Diffraction gratings, Complex systems, Near field, Oscillators, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 9 June 2014 Paper

Transverse mode selection in laser resonators using volume Bragg gratings

Brian Anderson, George Venus, Daniel Ott, Ivan Divliansky, Jay Dawson, Derrek Drachenberg, Mike Messerly, Paul Pax, John Tassano, Leonid Glebov

Proceedings Volume 9081, 90810Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053291

KEYWORDS: Diffraction, Resonators, Diffraction gratings, Laser resonators, Fiber Bragg gratings, Diodes, Laser development, Solid state lasers, Fiber lasers, Silica

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

Yb3+ doped ribbon fiber for high-average power lasers and amplifiers

Derrek Drachenberg, Michael Messerly, Paul Pax, Arun Sridharan, John Tassano, Jay Dawson

Proceedings Volume 8961, 89610T (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040792

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Oscillators, Silica, Near field, Fiber lasers, Spatial filters, High power fiber amplifiers, Optical fibers, Raman scattering

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Proceedings Article | 22 March 2013 Paper

High order ribbon fiber modes, simulations, and experiments for high power fiber amplifiers

Derrek Drachenberg, Michael Messerly, Paul Pax, Arun Sridharan, John Tassano, Jay Dawson

Proceedings Volume 8601, 860107 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001920

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Cladding, Beam propagation method, Near field, Optical simulations, Binary data, Absorption, Optical amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 3 August 2010 Paper

Survey of interferometric techniques used to test JWST optical components

H. Philip Stahl, Chris Alongi, Andrea Arneson, Rob Bernier, Bob Brown, Dave Chaney, Glen Cole, Jay Daniel, Lee Dettmann, Ron Eng, Ben Gallagher, Robert Garfield, James Hadaway, Patrick Johnson, Allen Lee, Doug Leviton, Adam Magruder, Michael Messerly, Ankit Patel, Pat Reardon, John Schwenker, Martin Seilonen, Koby Smith, W. Scott Smith

Proceedings Volume 7790, 779002 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862234

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Interferometers, Metrology, James Webb Space Telescope, Optical testing, Computer generated holography, Optical components, Cryogenics, Interferometry, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 4 May 2010 Paper

Power scaling analysis of fiber lasers and amplifiers based on non-silica materials

Jay Dawson, Michael Messerly, John Heebner, Paul Pax, Arun Sridharan, Amber Bullington, Raymond Beach, Craig Siders, C. P. Barty, Mark Dubinskii

Proceedings Volume 7686, 768611 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852393

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Silica, YAG lasers, Thermal effects, Optical fibers, Fiber amplifiers, Laser scattering, Raman scattering, Glasses, Raman spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

Multi-watt 589nm fiber laser source

Jay Dawson, Alex Drobshoff, Raymond Beach, Michael Messerly, Stephen Payne, Aaron Brown, Deanna Pennington, Douglas Bamford, Scott Sharpe, David Cook

Proceedings Volume 6102, 61021F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.644947

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Crystals, Laser systems engineering, Neodymium, Pulsed laser operation, Semiconductor lasers, Optical amplifiers, Polarization, Modulation

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

High peak power ytterbium doped fiber amplifiers

W. Torruellas, Y. Chen, B. McIntosh, J. Farroni, K. Tankala, S. Webster, D. Hagan, M. Soileau, M. Messerly, J. Dawson

Proceedings Volume 6102, 61020N (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646571

KEYWORDS: Ytterbium, Silica, Fiber amplifiers, Cladding, Optical damage, Refractive index, Optical amplifiers, Optical fibers, Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

High energy short pulse fiber laser front end for kilo-Joule class CPA systems

J. Dawson, S. Mitchell, R. Beach, M. Messerly, C. Siders, H. Phan, C. Barty

Proceedings Volume 6102, 610214 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.644950

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Laser systems engineering, Pulsed laser operation, National Ignition Facility, Picosecond phenomena, Mode locking, Optical amplifiers, Bragg cells, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2005 Paper

Fiber laser front ends for high-energy short pulse lasers

Jay Dawson, Zhi Liao, Scott Mitchell, Michael Messerly, Raymond Beach, Igor Jovanovic, Curtis Brown, Stephen Payne, C. Barty

Proceedings Volume 5709, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.591147

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Laser systems engineering, Amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, Oscillators, Polarization, Mode locking, National Ignition Facility, Glasses

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