DocumentCode
2230208
Title
High power pulse amplification in Tm-doped fiber
Author
Creeden, D. ; Budni, P. ; Ketteridge, P.A. ; Pollak, T.M. ; Chicklis, E.P. ; Frith, G. ; Samson, Bryce
Author_Institution
Adv. Syst. & Technol., BAE Syst., Nashua, NH
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report >20 W of average output power at 1.995 mum from a pulsed Tm-doped fiber amplifier system operating at 100 kHz. Pulse energies of >325 muJ have been generated at 50 kHz with 13 ns pulses in the same amplifier.
Keywords
optical fibre amplifiers; thulium; Jk:Tm; Tm-doped fiber; fiber amplifier; frequency 100 kHz; high power pulse amplification; pulse energy generation; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4571206
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