Title :
321 W average power, 1 GHz, 20 ps, 1060 nm pulsed fiber MOPA source
Author :
Dupriez, P. ; Piper, A. ; Malinowski, A. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Ibsen, M. ; Jeong, Y. ; Hickey, L.M.B. ; Zervas, M.N. ; Nilsson, J. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Pulses from a gain-switched laser diode were amplified in a fiber MOPA system to produce in excess of 320 W of average power in 20 ps pulses at 1 GHz repetition rate at 1060 nm.
Keywords :
doping profiles; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; ytterbium; 1 GHz; 1060 nm; 20 ps; 321 W; average power; doped fiber master-oscillator power amplifier; gain-switched laser diode pulses; pulse repetition rate; pulsed fiber MOPA source; pulsed ytterbium-doped fiber MOPA source; Diode lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser feedback; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193181
