• DocumentCode
    3642197
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950177