Title :
High power ultrafast fiber amplifiers
Author :
Shah, L. ; Liu, Z. ; Hartl, I. ; Cho, G.C. ; Fermann, M.E.
Author_Institution :
IMRA America, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
Abstract :
We review high power and high energy ultrafast fiber amplifiers. An Yb-fiber chirped pulse amplification system employing cubicon pulses producing sub-650 fs pulses at >100 muJ and >15W is presented.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; cubicon pulses; energy 100 muJ; high power ultrafast fiber amplifiers; power 15 W; pulse amplification system; time 650 fs; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optimized production technology; Ultrafast optics; (140.3510) Lasers, Fiber; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627644