Title :
100W, fully-fiberised ytterbium dDoped master oscillator power amplifier incorporating adaptive pulse shaping
Author :
Lin, Dejiao ; Alam, Shaif-ul ; Chen, Kangkang ; Malinowski, Andrew ; Norman, Steve ; Richardson, David
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We report a pulsed, fully-fiberised, Yb-doped MOPA with a maximum average output power of 100 W. Adaptive pulse shaping was incorporated to reduce the impact of nonlinearities, delivering 2mJ flat-topped pulses with 20 kW peak power.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse shaping; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; adaptive pulse shaping; energy 2 mJ; flat topped pulse; fully fiberised ytterbium doped master oscillator power amplifier; power 100 W; power 20 kW; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Ytterbium; (060.2320) Fiber Optics Amplifiers and Oscillators; (320.5540) Pulse shaping;
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
