In order to improve the slop efficiency of the twins fiber, the coating process of the twins fiber was studied. Two kinds of twins fiber with different coating diameters were fabricated by using different coating molds. By building a 1080 nm laser amplification system, the slop efficiency of the twins fiber with different coating diameters was tested. Slop efficiency of the twins fiber with larger coating diameter was 61.2%. Compared to the twins fiber with small diameter, of which the slop efficiency was 58.6%, it increased by 2.6%. That meant appropriate coating process of the twins fiber could effectively increase the slop efficiency. When the slop efficiency was increased, the heat generated by the twins fiber as the pump changed into signal laser would decrease. This would reduce heat management pressure of twins fiber when it was used in optical fiber laser, and make the application of twins fiber have more broad prospect in high power fiber laser.
A novel kind of domestic twins fiber that consisted of active unit and passive unit was researched in this paper. The slop efficiency of the twins fiber was observed via various laser amplification testing systems, which were respectively established with two different pump wavelengths and two different numerical apertures of pump output fiber. The effect of both pump wavelength and numerical aperture on the slop efficiency of the twins fiber was analyzed during the experiment. After the laser amplification testing system was optimized, the slop efficiency of the twin fiber increased from 72.1% to 82.1%. The numerical aperture of the pump output fiber would exert a distinct influence on the slop efficiency of the twins fiber. Simultaneously, the method to improve the slop efficiency of the twins fiber and decrease heat generating in high power fiber laser system was suggested.
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