Title :
Ultrastable and high-power Yb:Fiber amplifier for nonlinear frequency conversion at high repetition rate
Author :
Storz, Patrick ; Wunram, Marcel ; Brida, Daniele ; Leitenstorfer, Alfred
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate an ultrastable Yb:fiber amplifier delivering 145 fs pulses with 6 μJ energy at 10 MHz repetition rate. The Er:fiber seed laser provides inherently synchronized broadband continua whose power is boosted via optical parametric amplification.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric amplifiers; ytterbium; Er:fiber seed laser; energy 6 muJ; frequency 10 MHz; high-power Yb:fiber amplifier; inherently synchronized broadband continua; nonlinear frequency conversion; optical parametric amplification; repetition rate; time 145 fs; ultrastable Yb:fiber amplifier; Frequency conversion; Laser stability; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
