Title :
Ultrashort pulse generation by fiber laser pumped parametric amplification
Author :
Andersen, T.V. ; Schmidt, O. ; Limpert, J. ; Tünnermann, A. ; Aguergaray, C. ; Cormier, E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich Schiller Univ., Jena
Abstract :
Broadband pulse amplification is demonstrated with a fiber laser pumped high repetition rate optical parametric amplifier. Subsequent pulse compression in a prism sequence resulted in 46 fs pulses with peak powers above 10 MW.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; broadband pulse amplification; fiber laser pumped parametric amplification; optical parametric amplifier; power 10 MW; subsequent pulse compression; time 46 fs; ultrashort pulse generation; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; 190.4970 Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627647
