Title :
High-Energy Nanosecond Pulse Delivery Through Singlemode Large Mode Area All-Solid Bandgap Fibres
Author :
Février, S. ; Gruppi, D. ; Viale, P. ; Humbert, C. ; Jamier, R. ; Beaudou, B. ; Hirth, A. ; Semjonov, S.L. ; Likhachev, M.E. ; Bubnov, M.M. ; Dianov, E.M. ; Khopin, V.F. ; Salganskii, M.Y. ; Guryanov, A.N.
Author_Institution :
XLIM, 123 av. Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges, France, sebastien.fevrier@xlim.fr
Abstract :
We demonstrate that ns pulses with energy up to 0.4 mJ (peak power up to 11-kW) can be delivered using all-solid large-mode-area bandgap fibre. These fibres compete with hollow-core photonic crystal fibres.
Keywords :
Chemistry; Fiber lasers; Micromachining; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801071
