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
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;
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.2006.4628076
