Title :
Diode seeded parametric amplifier pumped by a picosecond all-fibre system
Author :
Britton, P.E. ; Broderick, N.G.R. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Smith, P.G.R. ; Ross, G.W. ; Hanna, D.C.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We have described a picosecond optical parametric amplifier (OPA), pumped by an all-fibre source, and generating 50 nJ pulses. We have demonstrated OPA gains in excess of 75 dB for these ps pulses, and confirmed that significant improvements in the pulse´s spectrum relative to an OPG, can be conveniently achieved by seeding with a low power CW seed beam
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; 50 nJ; OPA gains; all-fibre source; diode seeded optical parametric amplifier; low power CW seed beam; nJ optical pulse generation; optical pumping; picosecond all-fibre system; picosecond optical parametric amplifier; ps pulses; pulse spectrum;
Conference_Titel :
New Developments in Optical Amplifiers (Ref. No. 1998/492), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19980922
