An optical fiber bundle array coupling module with high output power is presented in this paper. The device integrated the coupling technique of the high power laser diode array (LDA) and the micro-ball lenses fiber array. This module can efficiently couple the output laser of the LDA into 19 fibers array with micro-ball lens end-surface. The difference of the couple efficiency between the flat-end fiber and micro-ball-end fiber is discussed. The micro-ball lenses fiber array made of 19 fibers have the same fiber core diameter of 200 m, and then the end-surfaces of 19 fibers are fused to 19 micro-ball lenses. The micro-ball lenses fiber array are fixed precisely in the neighborhood on the V-grooves, and the fiber array has the same arrange period with the semiconductor laser units of LDA. This configuration of micro-ball lens fiber array can greatly reduce the divergence of the laser beam from all directions, and a very efficient laser beam homogenizer and shaper are obtained. Finally, high output power of 30.1 W of the fiber coupled LDA is achieved, and the maximal coupling efficiency is >83% with the numeral aperture (NA) of 0.16.
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