Title :
Effect of seed linewidth on few-moded fiber amplifiers
Author :
Daniel, J.M.O. ; Simakov, N. ; Shardlow, P.C. ; Clarkson, W.A.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Suppression of detrimental modal interference effects within a cladding-pumped multimode thulium fiber amplifier is achieved using variable bandwidth seed source. The amplifier produced pulse energies of 1.1mJ and peak powers over 20kW at 1956nm.
Keywords :
interference suppression; laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; power amplifiers; spectral line breadth; thulium; cladding-pumped multimode thulium fiber amplifier; detrimental modal interference effects; energy 1.1 mJ; few-moded fiber amplifiers; seed linewidth; variable bandwidth seed source; wavelength 1956 nm; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Interference; Laser beams; Laser stability; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
