Title :
11.1 W average power, 20 ps pulses at 1 GHz repetition rate from a fiber-amplified gain-switched 1.06 μm Fabry-Perot laser diode
Author :
Piper, A. ; Malinowski, A. ; Thomsen, B.C. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Hickey, L.M.B. ; Zervas, M.N.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
20 ps pulses at 1 GHz repetition rate were obtained from a gain-switched 1.06 μm semiconductor laser utilizing pulse compression with normally dispersive fiber. The pulses were amplified in fiber to give average output power 11.1 W.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; semiconductor lasers; 1.06 micron; 11.1 W; 20 ps; dispersive fiber; fiber-amplified gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode; pulse amplification; pulse compression; Diode lasers; Dispersion; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202051
