• DocumentCode
    2678209
  • Title

    Diode seeded parametric amplifier pumped by a picosecond all-fibre system

  • Author

    Britton, P.E. ; Broderick, N.G.R. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Smith, P.G.R. ; Ross, G.W. ; Hanna, D.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    36101
  • Abstract
    We have described a picosecond optical parametric amplifier (OPA), pumped by an all-fibre source, and generating 50 nJ pulses. We have demonstrated OPA gains in excess of 75 dB for these ps pulses, and confirmed that significant improvements in the pulse´s spectrum relative to an OPG, can be conveniently achieved by seeding with a low power CW seed beam
  • Keywords
    optical pulse generation; 50 nJ; OPA gains; all-fibre source; diode seeded optical parametric amplifier; low power CW seed beam; nJ optical pulse generation; optical pumping; picosecond all-fibre system; picosecond optical parametric amplifier; ps pulses; pulse spectrum;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    New Developments in Optical Amplifiers (Ref. No. 1998/492), IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/ic:19980922
  • Filename
    755106