Title :
High peak power, high-energy, high-average power pulsed fibre laser system with versatile pulse duration and shape
Author :
Malinowski, A. ; Gorman, P. ; Codemard, C.A. ; Ghiringhelli, Fabrizio ; Boyland, A.J. ; Marshall, Andrew ; Durkin, Martin
Author_Institution :
SPI Lasers UK Ltd., Southampton, UK
Abstract :
The rapid development of commercial multi-kW continuous-wave fibre lasers and high-peak power fibre lasers leads to a natural convergence toward high-average power high-peak power pulsed fibre lasers whose applications include marking, trimming, micromachining, precision drilling, welding and cutting while retaining the characteristics advantage of the fibre laser such as compactness, high-efficiency, reliability and maintenance-free operation.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser beams; optical pulse shaping; continuous-wave fibre lasers; fibre master-oscillator power-amplifier system; high peak power fibre laser system; high-average power pulsed fibre laser system; high-energy fibre laser system; pulse duration; pulse shape; Fiber lasers; Laser beam cutting; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801333
