• DocumentCode
    2053103
  • Title

    Direct amplification of picosecond pulses in erbium fibre to 127 kW peak power without pulse break-up

  • Author

    Jasapara, J.C. ; DeSantolo, A. ; Nicholson, J.W. ; Yablon, A.D.

  • Author_Institution
    OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Picosecond pulses are directly amplified in a core pumped erbium fibre with effective area 1170-mum2 to record diffraction limited 67- nJ pulse energy and 127- kW peak power without pulse break-up.
  • Keywords
    amplification; pulse amplifiers; core pumped erbium fibre; direct amplification; picosecond pulses; power 127 kW; record diffraction; Diffraction; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber couplers; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729174
  • Filename
    4729174