Title :
4-Channel coherently combined femtosecond fiber CPA system delivering 1.3 mJ pulses with 532 W average power
Author :
Klenke, Arno ; Breitkopf, S. ; Kienel, M. ; Gottschall, Thomas ; Eidam, T. ; Hadrich, Steffen ; Rothhardt, Jan ; Limpert, Jens ; Tunnermann, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
Coherent combination of pulses emitted from spatially separated amplifiers allows for the scaling of the pulse energy and average power compared to a single amplifier system. This was already demonstrated for femtosecond pulses in a two-channel configuration [1,2].
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; 4-channel coherently combined femtosecond fiber CPA system; coherent pulse combination; femtosecond pulses; power 532 W; pulse energy scaling; single amplifier system; spatially separated amplifiers; two-channel configuration; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optimized production technology; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801328