Title :
High-power, single-mode picosecond fiber laser based on amplification of a passively mode-locked 1055-nm VECSEL
Author :
Dupriez, P. ; Malinowski, A. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Jeong, Y. ; Nilsson, J. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Foreman, H.D. ; Wilcox, K.G. ; Tropper, A.C. ; Morier-Genoud, F. ; Keller, U. ; Roberts, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
4.6 ps pulses at 910 MHz produced by a passively mode-locked VECSEL were amplified by ytterbium doped fiber amplifiers to average powers greater than 200 W and subsequently compressed to 430 fs duration.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; surface emitting lasers; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; frequency 910 MHz; high-power laser; passively mode-locked VECSEL; picosecond laser; single-mode fiber laser; time 4.6 ps; time 430 fs; vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser; wavelength 1055 nm; ytterbium doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Surface emitting lasers; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.5960) Semiconductor Laser;
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.2006.4628025
