Title :
Multi-kilowatt, picosecond pulses from an all-fiber chirped pulse amplification system using air-core photonic bandgap fiber
Author :
de Matos, C.J.S. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Imperial Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
Multi-kilowatt, /spl sim/1 ps pulses at 1550 nm are obtained from a fully fiber integrated chirped pulse amplification system using a conventional single-mode EDFA, and an air-core photonic bandgap fiber as the compressor. /spl sim/40/spl times/ pulse compression is obtained.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; erbium; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; photonic band gap; 1550 nm; EDFA; air-core photonic bandgap fiber; fiber integrated chirped pulse amplification system; pulse compression;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
