Title :
Generation of high-energy pulses using a large-mode-area erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Author :
Taverner, D. ; Galvanauskas, A. ; Harter, D. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Dong, Lixin
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In conclusion, we have developed a large-mode-area Er-doped fiber amplifier and demonstrated a substantial improvement in reducing fiber nonlinearities and ASE-induced suppression of gain to increase the extracted pulse energies from a fiber-based CPA system. Using this technique we have produced pulses with energies >20 /spl mu/J.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; erbium; fibre lasers; laser modes; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; superradiance; 20 muJ; ASE-induced gain suppression; Er-doped fiber amplifier; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; extracted pulse energies; fiber nonlinearities; fiber-based CPA system; high-energy pulse generation; large-mode-area; Computational fluid dynamics; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical refraction; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Ultrafast optics;
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
