Title :
High single-pass small signal gain in femtosecond solid state Yb:CaF2 amplifiers pumped by a 976-nm YDFA
Author :
Guillaume Machinet;Giedrius Andriukaitis;Jérôme Lhermite;Dominique Descamps;Daniel Adam;Audrius Pugžlys;Andrius Baltuška;Eric Cormier
Author_Institution :
Université
fDate :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate an enhancement of the single-pass small signal gain up to 3.2 in a longitudinal pumping scheme by using a 10 mm-long Yb:CaF2 crystal at room temperature. This result significantly outperforms any CW-diode pumped scheme.
Keywords :
"Laser excitation","Optical fiber amplifiers","Pump lasers","Crystals","Fiber lasers","Surface emitting lasers"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
