• DocumentCode
    1666600
  • Title

    Frequency conversion in the visible and UV regions of a high average power and high peak power ultrafast fiber amplifier

  • Author

    Zaouter, Y. ; Hanna, M. ; Morin, F. ; Tonin, M. ; Maleck, R. ; Hönninger, C. ; Georges, P. ; Mottay, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Amplitude Syst., Pessac, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    In this contribution, we report on the frequency conversion into the visible and UV region of a high average power and high energy ultrafast fiber amplifier. The laser uses a very compact chirped pulse fiber amplifier architecture that delivers as much as 385 μJ of energy and 1 GW of peak power per pulse. It includes only one power amplifier composed of a state-of-the-art photonic crystal fiber which allows operation at high repetition rate (>; 100 kHz) and high average power (~ 100W). Subsequent frequency conversion is demonstrated and up to 150 μJ, 90 μJ and 35 μJ are achieved at, respectively, 515 nm, 343 nm and 258 nm for a maximum of 250 μJ at the fundamental wavelength. Additionally, recent results will be presented focusing on average power rather than energy for which 50 W at 515 nm and 25 W at 343 nm will be presented.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; holey fibres; optical fibre amplifiers; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; photonic crystals; UV regions; chirped amplifier; energy 150 muJ; energy 35 muJ; energy 90 muJ; frequency conversion; high average power ultrafast fiber amplifier; high peak power ultrafast fiber amplifier; photonic crystal fiber; power 1 GW; power 25 W; power 50 W; repetition rate; visible regions; wavelength 258 nm; wavelength 343 nm; wavelength 515 nm; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulse generation; Photonic crystal fibers; Power amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326139