Title :
High average power picosecond pulses from a fiber amplified diode laser at 1060 nm
Author :
Dupriez, P. ; Piper, A. ; Farrell, C. ; Malinowski, A. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Jeong, Y. ; Thomsen, B.C. ; Nilsson, J. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Hickey, L.M.B. ; Zervas, M.N.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate an ytterbium based fiber amplified pulsed diode system producing pulses with a duration of 52 ps at a repetition rate of 60 MHz with good spectral and spatial characteristics at average powers in excess of 70 W. The fiber MOPA configuration is presented
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; semiconductor lasers; 1060 nm; 52 ps; Yb; fiber MOPA configuration; fiber amplified diode laser; fiber amplified pulsed diode system; oscillator power amplifier; power picosecond pulse; spatial characteristics; spectral characteristics; Diode lasers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568297
