Title :
High time for fibers - towards kW class laser systems with GW peak power
Author :
Röser, Fabian ; Eidam, T. ; Rothhardt, J. ; Hädrich, S. ; Schimpf, D.N. ; Limpert, J. ; Tünnermann, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We review the recent results for high peak power and high average power fiber based chirped-pulse amplification systems. Both current challenges and possible approaches for further power scaling are discussed.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; GW peak power laser system; high-average power fiber laser; high-peak power chirped-pulse amplification system; kW class laser systems; power scaling; Autocorrelation; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Laser theory; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
