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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729174
