Title :
Amplification of femtosecond pulses in large mode area photonic bandgap Bragg fiber
Author :
Gaponov, D.A. ; Février, S. ; Roy, P. ; Hanna, M. ; Papadopoulos, D.N. ; Daniault, L. ; Druon, F. ; Georges, P.
Author_Institution :
Fac. des Sci. et Tech., Xlim, Limoges, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate amplification of femtosecond pulses in large mode area singlemode Yb-doped photonic bandgap Bragg fibers. 260 fs 5 µJ pulses are obtained at 100 kHz repetition rate (1 W of average power).
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
