Title :
40 kW sub-picosecond pulse generation using cladding-pumped Er3+/Yb3+ fibers
Author :
Kulcsar, G. ; Jaouën, Y. ; Olmedo, E. ; Le Flohic, M.
Author_Institution :
Keopsys SA, Lannion, France
Abstract :
Sub-picosecond pulse amplification at 1.55 μm in a cladding-pumped Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped fiber amplifier is studied. A peak power higher than 40 kW is obtained using a chirped pulse amplification technique. Theoretical and experimental results indicate that nonlinear pulse distortions ultimately limit the maximum achievable peak power.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical wavelength conversion; ytterbium; chirped pulse amplification; cladding-pumped fibers; erbium ytterbium co-doped fiber amplifier; maximum achievable peak power; nonlinear pulse distortions; pulse generation; sub-picosecond pulse amplification; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Scanning probe microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989673
