Title :
High-energy temporally-shaped nanosecond-pulse MOPA based on Ytterbium-doped single-mode microstructured flexible fiber
Author :
Lago, Laure ; Bigourd, Damien ; Mussot, Arnaud ; Douay, Marc ; Hugonnot, Emmanuel
Author_Institution :
CESTA, Commissariat a l´´Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Le Barp, France
Abstract :
We present a versatile MOPA system at 1053nm in the few nanoseconds regime. Thanks to temporal shaping, more than 1.5 mJ pulse energy at 1 kHz is obtained in a single-mode 40 μm core flexible fiber.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse shaping; ytterbium; frequency 1 kHz; high-energy MOPA; master ocillator power amplifier; nanosecond-pulse MOPA; single-mode core flexible fiber; single-mode microstructured flexible fiber; temporally-shaped MOPA; wavelength 1053 nm; ytterbium-doped flexible fiber; Fiber lasers; Laser fusion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
