• DocumentCode
    3001407
  • Title

    Multi-mJ Energy, Multi-MW Peak-Power Photonic Crystal Fiber Amplifiers with Near-Diffraction-Limited Output

  • Author

    Teodoro, Fabio Di ; Brooks, Christopher D.

  • Author_Institution
    Aculight Corp., Bothell, WA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on large-core (up to 100 mum diameter) Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifiers delivering ~1 ns pulses of pulse energy/peak power up to 4.2 mJ/ 4.5 MW, in output beams of high spatial quality (M2 < 1.3).
  • Keywords
    laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; photonic crystals; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; near-diffraction-limited output; photonic crystal fiber amplifiers; pulse energy; spatial beam quality; Fiber nonlinear optics; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452390
  • Filename
    4452390