DocumentCode
2879933
Title
Ultrashort pulse generation at 1075 nm with a mode-locked semiconductor laser and a Ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier
Author
Budz, Andrew J. ; Logan, Andrew S. ; Haugen, Harold K. ; Strickland, Donna T.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng. Phys., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Powerful ultrashort pulses are generated using a hybrid MOPA consisting of a passively mode-locked semiconductor laser and a Yb-doped fiber amplifier. Pulses 2 ps in duration are amplified to an average power of 0.8 W.
Keywords
laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; JkJk:Yb; hybrid master oscillator power amplifier; passively mode-locked semiconductor laser; time 2 ps; ultrashort pulse generation; wavelength 1075 nm; ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Hybrid power systems; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.2020) Diode lasers; (140.4050) Mode-locked lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628758
Filename
4628758
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