Title :
Accurate measurement of pulse power in low duty cycle MOPA
Author :
Headley, C. ; Mermelstein, M.D. ; Brar, K. ; Andrejco, M.J. ; Nicholson, J.W. ; Yablon, A.D. ; Fishteyn, M. ; DiGiovanni, D.J.
Author_Institution :
OFS Lab., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
There can be a significant amount of interpulse signal present in low-duty cycle MOPA. This requires that both spectral and temporal filtering be used to accurately determine signal power within the pulse width.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser variables measurement; optical fibre amplifiers; low duty cycle MOPA; master-oscillator power-amplifiers; pulse power measurement; spectral filtering; temporal filtering; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Extinction ratio; Filtering; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; Thermal management;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201886
