Title :
Pulse shaping in high gain all-fibre pulsed MOPA
Author :
Ghiringhelli, F. ; Vysniauskas, K. ; Hickey, L.M.B. ; Zervas, M.N. ; Malinowski, A.N. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Photonics. Inc.
Abstract :
Pulse shaping is investigated in a high gain all-fibre pulsed master oscillator power amplifier seeded with a modulated diode. At 10 kHz repetition rate, 100 ns seed pulses collapse to ~10 ns, reaching peak powers >30 kW
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse shaping; 100 ns; high gain all-fibre pulsed MOPA; master oscillator power amplifier; modulated diode; pulse shaping; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber theory; Optical pulses; Photonics; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Semiconductor diodes; Shape;
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.2005.1568301
