Title :
Tunable Er/sup 3+/ fiber femtosecond source amplified to W-level average power at 1.03-1.06 /spl mu/m in Yb/sup 3+/ fiber
Author :
Fermann, M.E. ; Galvanauskas, A. ; Stock, M.L. ; Wong, K.K. ; Harter, D. ; Goldberg, L.
Author_Institution :
IMRA America Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
A Raman-shifted and frequency-doubled high-power Er/sup 3+/-fiber soliton laser for seeding an efficient high-power Yb/sup 3+/ fiber femtosecond amplifier chain is demonstrated. 100 fs pulses with an average power of 0.9 W and a pulse energy of 18 nJ are generated at 1.05 /spl mu/m.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; 0.9 W; 1.03 to 1.06 micrometre; 18 nJ; Raman-shifted frequency-doubled high-power Er/sup 3+/-fiber soliton laser; W-level average power; high-power Yb/sup 3+/ fiber femtosecond amplifier; tunable Er/sup 3+/ fiber femtosecond source; Fiber lasers; Frequency; High power amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Solitons; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834610
