Title :
Generation of 238 nJ,16 ns stretched pulses in all semiconductor X-CPA system
Author :
Kim, Kyungbum ; Lee, Shinwook ; Delfyett, Peter J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The generation of 238 nJ stretched pulses in an XCPA system has been achieved prior to a pulse compression stage. The total system gain is 41 dB. Using one CFBG, 1.62 ps pulse is stretched over 4000 times and recompressed back to 1.80 ps.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; laser mode locking; optical fibres; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.62 ps; 1.80 ps; 16 ns; 238 nJ; 41 dB; CFBG; pulse compression stage; semiconductor X-CPA system; stretched pulses generation; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363447
