Title :
Beam cleanup of a pulsed multimode fiber master-oscillator power-amplifier at 1.55 μm using stimulated Brillouin scattering
Author :
Steinhausser, B. ; Brignon, A. ; Lallier, E. ; Huignard, JP ; Georges, P.
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Palaiseau
Abstract :
We present a large core Er:Yb co-doped fiber amplifier followed by a beam quality recovery system. The multimode output (220 muJ, M2 ~6) is converted in a good quality beam (M2=1.6, 110 muJ) through SBS beam cleanup.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; beam cleanup; pulsed multimode fiber master-oscillator power-amplifier; stimulated Brillouin scattering; wavelength 1.55 micron; Brillouin scattering; Doped fiber amplifiers; Electrooptic modulators; Laser beams; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452361