• DocumentCode
    689682
  • Title

    A high peak power, nanosecond Tm:Fiber MOPA system for mid-IR OPO pumping

  • Author

    Kadwani, Pankaj ; Gebhardt, Martin ; Gaida, Christian ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Mark

  • Author_Institution
    CREOL, Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on a thulium fiber MOPA system utilizing a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based power amplifier generating >40 kW, ~6.5 ns pulses as a tunable, narrow linewidth source for mid-IR OPO pumping.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; laser tuning; light sources; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; spectral line narrowing; thulium; PCF based power amplifier; midinfrared OPO pumping; nanosecond thulium:fiber MOPA system; narrow linewidth source; optical parametric oscillators; optical tuning; photonic crystal fiber; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834069
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689682