Title :
Femtosecond pulses from coherently combined parallel chirped pulse fiber amplifiers
Author :
Siiman, Leo A. ; Zhou, Tong ; Chang, Wei-Zung ; Galvanauskas, Almantas
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Active coherent combining of femtosecond pulses from parallel chirped-pulse fiber amplifiers is demonstrated. This opens a new path for simultaneously increasing both energy and average power of ultrashort pulses from fiber based systems.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; optical fibre amplifiers; active coherent combining; femtosecond pulses; parallel chirped pulse fiber amplifiers; ultrashort pulses; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Phase modulation; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
