Title :
Pulse compression of a high power modelocked thin disk oscillator using a rod-type fiber amplifier
Author :
Saraceno, C.J. ; Heckl, O.H. ; Baer, C.R.E. ; Krankel, C. ; Sudmeyer, T. ; Keller, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Inst. of Quantum Electron., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We present a simple nonlinear compression setup based on a 70-µm diameter rod-type fiber amplifier seeded by a 12-W, 1.1-ps Yb:YAG modelocked thin-disk laser. We generate 55 W of compressed sub-100-fs pulses at 11.6 MHz.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Oscillators; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; 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
