• DocumentCode
    2868685
  • Title

    Spectral shaping by strong self-phase-modulation and gain bandwidth in high-energy femtosecond Yb-doped fiber amplifiers

  • Author

    Kuznetsova, L. ; Chong, A. ; Buckley, J. ; Wise, F.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Spectral shaping in a fiber amplifier with finite gain bandwidth (DeltalambdaFWHM~15nm) and strong self-phase-modulation (PhiNL~12pi) is studied numerically and experimentally. Pulses amplified to 30 muJ energy are dechirped to 250 fs duration.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; self-phase modulation; spectral line breadth; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; chirped-pulse amplification; fiber oscillator; gain bandwidth; high-energy femtosecond ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers; spectral shaping; strong self-phase-modulation; time 250 fs; Bandwidth; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Ultrafast optics; 140.3510 Lasers, fiber; 320.7090 Ultrafast lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628076
  • Filename
    4628076