Title :
32 W femtosecond Yb-fiber CPA system based on chirped-volume-Bragg-gratings
Author :
Chang, Guoqing ; Rever, Matthew ; Smirnov, Vadim ; Glebov, Leon ; Galvanauskas, Almantas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
Femtosecond (~670 fs) fiber-CPA at 1.063 mum is demonstrated using broadband chirped-volume-Bragg-gratings for pulse stretching and compression. 32 W recompressed pulses are achieved corresponding to a 75% compression efficiency.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; chirped pulse amplification; chirped-volume-Bragg-gratings; femtosecond Yb-fiber system; power 32 W; pulse compression; pulse stretching; recompressed pulses; time 670 fs; wavelength 1.063 mum; Bandwidth; Chirp; Compressors; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Photonics; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Ultrafast optics; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
