High energy hybrid fiber - Yb:SFAP laser with dynamic spectral and temporal pulse shaping

Author

Armstrong, J.P. ; Bayramian, A.J. ; Campbell, R.W. ; Dawson, J.W. ; Ebbers, C.A. ; Freitas, B.L. ; Lanning, R.K. ; Kent, R.A. ; Peterson, N.L. ; Schaffers, K.I. ; Schenkel, N. ; Telford, S.J. ; Utterback, E.J. ; Caird, J.A. ; Barty, C.P.J.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have commissioned a turnkey 500 mJ, 10 Hz front end laser. The system delivers temporally and spectrally tailored pulses to correct signal distortions within itself or subsequent amplifiers from single longitudinal mode to 250 GHz RF bandwidth.

Keywords

fibre lasers; optical distortion; optical pulse shaping; RF bandwidth; YB:SFAP laser; dynamic spectral; energy 500 mJ; frequency 10 Hz; frequency 250 GHz; front end laser; high energy hybrid fiber; signal distortions; single longitudinal mode; tailored pulses; temporal pulse shaping; Bandwidth; Distortion; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser noise; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; RF signals; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

4571654