Title :
All fiber integrated, kilowatt level, subpicosecond chirped pulse ytterbium amplification system using an aircore photonic bandgap fiber
Author :
Kennedy, R.E. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll., London
Abstract :
All fiber integrated chirped pulse amplification at 1.06 mum using an aircore photonic bandgap fiber is demonstrated. The system output pulses have a peak power of 2.3 kW and duration of 740 fs
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical fibre amplifiers; photonic band gap; ytterbium; 1.06 micron; 2.3 kW; 740 fs; aircore photonic bandgap fiber; all fiber integrated system; chirped pulse amplification system; kilowatt level system; subpicosecond pulse; ytterbium doped fiber amplifier; Chirp; Holey fibers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Photonic bandgap fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201782
