Title : 
Pico-second vortex output from a large-mode area fiber amplifier
         
        
            Author : 
Tanaka, Yuichi ; Furuki, Kenji ; Maeda, Yuichi ; Omatsu, Takashige
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of image & Mater. Sci., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, we present the production of intense pico-second vortex pulses by selectively coupling a pico-second master laser into LP11 modes in a stressed large mode-area fiber amplifier with an off-axis fiber injection method, for the first time. In particular, this method is capable of directly producing amplified intense pico-second vortex pulses from a simple fiber amplifier without any phase elements.
         
        
            Keywords : 
laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical vortices; LP11 modes; intense pico-second vortex pulses; large-mode area fiber amplifier; off-axis fiber injection method; stressed large mode-area fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Munich
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4079-5
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4080-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192874