Broad-area diode-pumped 1 W femtosecond fiber system

Author

Galvanauskas, A. ; Fernmann, M.E. ; Harter, D. ; Minelly, John D ; Vienne, G.G. ; Caplen, J.E.

Author_Institution

IMRA America Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

495

Lastpage

496

Abstract

Summary form only given. High-average-power 310-fs pulses were obtained with an all-fiber chirped pulse amplification (CPA) system. Both the oscillator and the power amplifier are based on Er/Yb-doped fiber for cladding-pumping with broad-area laser diodes. A single 10-cm-long fiber grating is employed in the CPA system as a compact femtosecond-pulse stretcher/compressor.

Keywords

chirp modulation; erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre cladding; optical fibres; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; power amplifiers; ytterbium; 1 W; 10 cm; 310 fs; CPA system; Er/Yb-doped fiber cladding; all-fiber chirped pulse amplification CPA system; broad-area diode-pumped fs fiber system; broad-area laser diodes; compact femtosecond-pulse compressor; compact femtosecond-pulse stretcher; fiber grating; high-average-power fs pulse generation; Diode lasers; Erbium; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864974