DocumentCode
1527956
Title
Power scalability to 6 W of 770 nm source based on seeded fibre amplifier and PPKTP
Author
Champert, P.A. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Volume
37
Issue
18
fYear
2001
fDate
8/30/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1127
Lastpage
1129
Abstract
A 6 W average power at 772 nm is achieved by using a fibre integrated optical modulator for seeding of a 10 W erbium fibre amplifier followed by 64% efficient second-harmonic generation in PPKTP. The source benefits from a compact, efficient, fibre-based format and high overall efficiency
Keywords
erbium; integrated optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; potassium compounds; 10 W; 6 W; 64 percent; 770 nm source; 772 nm; EDFA; KTP; KTiOPO4; PPKTP; average power; erbium fibre amplifier; fibre integrated optical modulator; overall efficiency; periodically poled KTP; power scalability; second-harmonic generation; seeded fibre amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20010751
Filename
948948
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