Title :
Picosecond, 60 kW peak power, Yb fibre source
Author :
Vyatkin, MY ; Avdokhin, A.V. ; Getman, A.G. ; Rulkov, A.B. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Gapontsev, V.P.
Author_Institution :
NTO, Fryazino, Russia
Abstract :
A novel, 2 ps fibre laser operating in Yb-wavelength range with 60 kW peak and 9 W average powers is demonstrated. Pulses from a self-starting, ring-fibre-cavity Yb oscillator with spectral gain/pulse-duration control were amplified in 1.4 m-long, Yb-doped fiber.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre amplifiers; ring lasers; ytterbium; 1.4 m; 2 ps; 60 kW; 9 W; Yb oscillator; Yb-doped fiber; fibre laser; fibre source; picosecond source; pulse-duration control; ring-fibre-cavity; self-starting oscillator; spectral gain control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
