Title : 
16-µJ pulse energy, picosecond, narrow-linewidth master oscillator power amplifier using direct amplification
         
        
            Author : 
Ho-Yin Chan ; Lin Xu ; Bateman, James ; Alam, Shaif-Ul ; Richardson, D.J. ; Shepherd, David P.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present a gain-switched-diode-seeded 1034.5-nm master oscillator power amplifier, employing direct amplification through standard commercial Yb3+-doped fibres to generate 15.6μJ-pulse-energy, 126kW-peak-power, picosecond pulses with 3dB spectral bandwidth of 0.87nm.
         
        
            Keywords : 
amplification; optical fibre amplifiers; ytterbium; direct amplification; energy 16 muJ to 15.6 muJ; gain-switched-diode-seeded master oscillator power amplifier; narrow-linewidth master oscillator power amplifier; picosecond master oscillator power amplifier; power 126 kW; pulse energy master oscillator power amplifier; standard commercial Yb3+-doped fibres; wavelength 1034.5 nm; Bandwidth; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor lasers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA