Title :
High peak power pulse generation using Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator combined with chirped pulse amplifier
Author :
Morohashi, Isao ; Oikawa, Masahiro ; Tamura, Yasuaki ; Aoki, Shusei ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Hosako, Iwao
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated generation of ultrashort optical pulses with a peak power of 2.5 kW by combining a Mach-Zehnder-modulator-based flat comb generator with a chirped pulse amplifier.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; Mach-Zehnder-modulator; chirped pulse amplifier; flat comb generator; high peak power pulse generation; ultrashort optical pulse generation; Chirp; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
