Title :
50-W Chirped-Volume-Bragg-Grating Based Fiber CPA at 1055-nm
Author :
Chang, Guoqing ; Liu, Chi-Hung ; Liao, Kai-Hsiu ; Smirnov, Vadim ; Glebov, Leon ; Galvanauskas, Almantas
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract :
50-W average power fiber-CPA at 1055-nm is demonstrated using chirped- volume-Bragg-gratings for pulse stretching and compression. This compact pulse compression technology is efficient (83% compression efficiency in the current demonstration) and suitable for further power scaling.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; chirped-volume-Bragg-grating; compact pulse compression technology; compression efficiency; fiber chirped pulse amplification; power 50 W; power scaling; pulse compression; pulse stretching; wavelength 1055 nm; Chirp;
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.2007.4452507
