• DocumentCode
    197286
  • Title

    16-µJ pulse energy, picosecond, narrow-linewidth master oscillator power amplifier using direct amplification

  • Author

    Ho-Yin Chan ; Lin Xu ; Bateman, James ; Alam, Shaif-Ul ; Richardson, D.J. ; Shepherd, David P.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a gain-switched-diode-seeded 1034.5-nm master oscillator power amplifier, employing direct amplification through standard commercial Yb3+-doped fibres to generate 15.6μJ-pulse-energy, 126kW-peak-power, picosecond pulses with 3dB spectral bandwidth of 0.87nm.
  • Keywords
    amplification; optical fibre amplifiers; ytterbium; direct amplification; energy 16 muJ to 15.6 muJ; gain-switched-diode-seeded master oscillator power amplifier; narrow-linewidth master oscillator power amplifier; picosecond master oscillator power amplifier; power 126 kW; pulse energy master oscillator power amplifier; standard commercial Yb3+-doped fibres; wavelength 1034.5 nm; Bandwidth; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989978
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=197286