Large-mode-area Er-doped fiber chirped-pulse amplification system for high-energy sub-picosecond pulses at 1.55 μm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6873, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yilmaz, Tolga ^a   Vaissie, Laurent ^a   Akbulut, Mehmetcan ^a   Gaudiosi, David M ^a   Collura, Lowell ^a   Booth, Timothy J ^a   Jasapara, Jayesh C ^b   Andrejco, Matthew J ^b   Yablon, Andrew D ^b   Headley, Clifford ^b   Digiovanni, David J ^b  

^a Raydiance Inc   (United States)

^b OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirped pulse amplification; Eye safe wavelengths; Fiber amplifiers; High energy lasers; Large mode area fiber amplifiers; Raman lasers; Ultra short pulse lasers

Indexed keywords

(140.3500) LASERS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; CENTER WAVELENGTH (CW); CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION (CPA) SYSTEMS; CHIRPED PULSES; ER-DOPED FIBERS; FREE SPACE DIFFRACTION GRATING (FSDG); FREE SPACES; GAIN FIBERS; HIGH ENERGIES; PICO SECOND PULSES; PRE AMPLIFIERS; PULSE COMPRESSORS; PUMP LASERS; RAMAN LASERS; SINGLE MODES;

EID: 44949207411     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.764511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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