Title :
Multi-MW peak power, multi-mJ pulse energy Yb-doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Di Teodoro, Fabio ; Brooks, Christopher D.
Author_Institution :
Aculight Corp., Washington, DC
Abstract :
We report on large-core, Yb-doped photonic crystal fibers used in gain-staged optical pulse amplifiers to generate ~ 1 ns pulses that simultaneously exhibit multi-MW peak power, multi-mJ pulse energy, near-diffraction-limited beam quality, and narrow spectral linewidth
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; spectral line narrowing; ytterbium; Yb-doped fiber amplifiers; near-diffraction-limited beam; photonic crystal fibers; pulse generation; spectral linewidth narrowing; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystal fibers; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2006 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0090-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2006.1694012
