A 325-W-Average-Power Fiber CPA System Delivering Sub-400 fs Pulses

Author

Eidam, Tino ; Hädrich, Steffen ; Röser, Fabian ; Seise, Enrico ; Gottschall, Thomas ; Rothhardt, Jan ; Schreiber, Thomas ; Limpert, Jens ; Tunnermann, Andreas

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich Schiller Univ. of Jena, Jena

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2009

Firstpage

187

Lastpage

190

Abstract

A high-average-power Yb-doped fiber chirped-pulse amplification system is presented. Compressed average power of 325 W at 40 MHz repetition rate corresponding to 8.2 muJ pulse energy is extracted. Compression in a highly efficient dielectric-grating-based compressor yields pulses as short as 375 fs, resulting in 22 MW of peak power.

Keywords

chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; compressed average power; dielectric-grating-based compressor; energy 8.2 muJ; frequency 40 MHz; high-average-power Yb-doped fiber chirped-pulse amplification; power 325 W; repetition rate; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; Optical distortion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics; Chirped-pulse amplification (CPA); fiber lasers and amplifiers; microstructured fibers; ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010266

Filename

4773317