20 W High-Power Picosecond Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Based MOPA Laser System

Author

Zhang, Ling ; Wang, Yong Gang ; Yu, Hai Juan ; Sun, Wei ; Yang, Ying Ying ; Han, Ze Hua ; Qu, Yan ; Hou, Wei ; Li, Jin Min ; Lin, Xue Chun ; Tsang, Yuen

Author_Institution

Lab. of All-solid-state Light Sources, Inst. of Semicond., Beijing, China

Volume

30

Issue

16

fYear

2012

Firstpage

2713

Lastpage

2717

Abstract

Compact, high average output power with picosecond pulses laser was achieved through a carbon nanotube based master oscillator power amplifier, MOPA, configuration. The master oscillator was a single-walled carbon nanotube based passively mode-locked Nd:YVO₄ laser. Then the ultrashort laser pulses from the master oscillator were amplified by a diode laser pumped ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier. The maximum average output power measured has been successfully achieved to be 20 W with a repetition rate of 82 MHz, and a pulse width of 15.7 ps. The pulse energy and peak power of the output laser were 244 nJ and 15.5 kW, respectively. The amplified spontaneous emission and stimulated Raman scattering were not observed.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; power amplifiers; solid lasers; vanadium compounds; yttrium compounds; MOPA laser system; amplified spontaneous emission; energy 244 nJ; frequency 28 MHz; high-power picosecond single-walled carbon nanotube; master oscillator power amplifier; maximum average output power; mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser; peak power; picosecond pulses laser; power 15.5 kW; power 20 W; pulse energy; stimulated Raman scattering; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Carbon nanotubes; fiber amplifier; mode locking;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2012.2205133

Filename

6220228