Title :
All-glass leakage channel fibers with fluorine-doped silica pump cladding
Author :
Fu, Libin ; Marcinkevicius, Andrius ; Mckay, Hugh A. ; Ohta, Michiharu ; Fermann, Martin E. ; Dong, Liang
Author_Institution :
IMRA America Incorporation, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Direct amplification of ultra short pulses at 1037 nm from fiber-oscillators to average powers of ~100 W at 48 MHz is demonstrated using single-stage amplifiers comprising new all-glass-leakage-channel-fibers, providing >70% slope efficiency and >33 dB gain.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical glass; all-glass leakage channel fibers; fiber amplifiers; fiber-oscillators; frequency 48 MHz; single-stage amplifiers; wavelength 1037 nm; Absorption; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon compounds; (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators;
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
