Title :
A high power, single-mode, erbium-doped fiber amplifier generating 30 fs pulses with 160 kW peak power
Author :
Nicholson, J.W. ; Yablon, A.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We describe generation of 400 mW average-power, highly-chirped picosecond pulses at 46 MHz repetition rate in a single-mode erbium-doped amplifier. The pulses are compressed to 30 fs with 160 kW peak power in standard-single-mode fiber.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; 160 kW; 30 fs; 400 mW; 46 MHz; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; highly-chirped picosecond pulse generation; standard-single-mode fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6