Title :
High Average Power, High Energy, Femto-second Fiber Chirped Pulse Amplification System
Author :
He, F. ; Price, J.H.V. ; Malinowski, A. ; Piper, A. ; Ibsen, M. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Dawson, J.W. ; Siders, C.W. ; Britten, J.A. ; Barty, C.P.J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
We have demonstrated an Yb-fiber laser system incorporating a CFBG stretcher, bandwidth optimised amplifiers and dielectric grating compressor. The system produced 135 W average power with pulse energy of 13.5 muJ. The recompressed pulse duration was 360 fs.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; CFBG stretcher; bandwidth optimised amplifiers; chirped-fiber-Bragg-grating stretcher; dielectric grating compressor; femtosecond fiber chirped pulse amplification system; pulse duration; pulse energy; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Pulse power systems;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452508
