Title :
High-peak power pulse amplification by SRS-suppressed photonic bandgap fiber
Author :
Shirakawa, Akira ; Suzuki, Yuya ; Arisa, Suguru ; Chen, Mei ; Olausson, C.B. ; Lyngso, Jens K. ; Broeng, Jes
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We report Yb-doped photonic bandgap fiber amplifier generating 19 kW nanosecond pulses without stimulated Raman scattering by long-wavelength cut distributed filtering. Modulation instability due to the huge anomalous waveguide dispersion around the cutoff was observed.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; photonic band gap; stimulated Raman scattering; ytterbium; SRS suppressed photonic bandgap fiber; anomalous waveguide dispersion; long-wavelength cut distributed filtering; modulation instability; power 19 kW; pulse amplification; stimulated Raman scattering; Fiber lasers; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Photonic bandgap fibers; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600006
