Title :
High-fidelity 165-fs 5-μJ pulses from an integrated ytterbium fiber system
Author :
Fernandez, Alicia ; Verhoef, A.J. ; Jespersen, K. ; Gruner-Nielsen, L. ; Galvanauskas, A. ; Baltuska, A.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
Energy scaling of μJ fs pulses from monolithic YDFAs is limited by pulse pedestal formation. We demonstrate a chirped-pulse fiber-amplifier that uses a newly developed dispersion compensating fiber stretcher matching the dispersion of a grating pair.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; integrated optics; optical dispersion; optical fibre amplifiers; ytterbium compounds; chirped pulse fiber amplifier; dispersion compensating fiber stretcher; energy 5 muJ; energy scaling; high fidelity pulses; integrated ytterbium fiber system; monolithic YDFA; pulse pedestal formation; time 165 fs; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optimized production technology; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
