• DocumentCode
    733826
  • Title

    High energy pulse amplification in a higher-order mode fiber amplifier with axicon for output mode conversion

  • Author

    Nicholson, J.W. ; Fini, J.M. ; DeSantolo, A. ; Westbrook, P.S. ; Windeler, R.S. ; Kremp, T. ; Headley, C. ; DiGiovanni, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    High energy, 700 μJ, one nanosecond pulses and 490 femtosecond, 50 μJ pulses are demonstrated in an Er-doped, higher-order-mode fiber amplifier. An axicon at the output enables efficient, nonlinearity-free reconversion to a low M2 beam.
  • Keywords
    erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser modes; lenses; optical fibre amplifiers; Er-doped higher-order-mode fiber amplifier; M2 beam; axicon; energy 50 muJ; energy 700 muJ; femtosecond pulses; high energy pulse amplification; nanosecond pulses; nonlinearity-free reconversion; output mode conversion; time 490 fs; Apertures; Chirp; Correlation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optimized production technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184268
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733826