Title :
Sub-5ps high-energy pulses from a fiber-amplified and compressed passively Q-switched microchip laser
Author :
Steinmetz, A. ; Jansen, F. ; Stutzki, F. ; Lehneis, R. ; Limpert, J. ; Tünnermann, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
Nonlinear optical pulse compression of high-energy and high-repetition rate (>;500kHz) Q-switched pulses is obtained from a fiber-amplified microchip laser system. 92ps and 70ps pulses are SPM-broadened in a double-stage fiber amplifier extracting energies over 100μJ and subsequently compressed to 4.7ps and 2.7ps, respectively.
Keywords :
Q-switching; high-speed optical techniques; microchip lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; self-phase modulation; SPM-broadening; double-stage fiber amplifier; fiber-amplified passively Q-switched microchip laser; fiber-compressed passively Q-switched microchip laser; high-energy Q-switched pulses; high-repetition rate Q-switched pulses; nonlinear optical pulse compression; time 2.7 ps; time 4.7 ps; time 70 ps; time 92 ps; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
