Generation of 110 W infrared and 65 W green power from a 1.3-GHz sub-picosecond fiber amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4850-4855

  Zhao, Zhi ^a   Dunham, Bruce M ^a   Bazarov, Ivan ^a   Wise, Frank W ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

AVERAGE POWER; GREEN POWER; LINEAR REGIME; REPETITION RATE; SEED PULSE;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COLOR; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MICROWAVE RADIATION;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COLOR; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; LIGHTING; MICROWAVES;

EID: 84857608317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004850     Document Type: Article

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