Title :
High power synchronously pumped femtosecond Raman fiber laser
Author :
Churin, Dmitriy ; Olson, Joshua ; Norwood, Robert A. ; Peyghambarian, Nasser ; Kieu, Khanh
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We report a synchronously pumped femtosecond Raman fiber laser operating in normal dispersion regime. The laser produces chirped pulses with up to 18nJ energy, 0.76W average power, 88% efficiency, and pulse duration ~133fs after external compression.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; chirped pulse compression; energy 18 nJ; high power synchronously pumped femtosecond Raman fiber laser; normal dispersion regime; power 0.76 W; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
