• DocumentCode
    3003386
  • Title

    Diffraction limited amplification of picosecond pulses at 1.55 μm wavelength to 14 kW peak power in a single stage core-pumped Er fiber amplifier

  • Author

    Jasapara, J.C. ; Andrejco, M.J. ; Nicholson, J.W. ; Yablon, A.D.

  • Author_Institution
    OFS Lab., Somerset
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Amplification by > 30 dB of ~ 6 ps, 70 pJ pulses at 1.55 mum wavelength in a core pumped single stage fiber amplifier consisting of a record 875 mum2 effective area Erbium fiber generates record peak powers > 14 kW with M2 ~ 1.1.
  • Keywords
    erbium; light diffraction; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; JkJk:Er; diffraction limited amplification; picosecond pulses; power 14 kW; ps pulse generation; single stage core-pumped fiber amplifier; wavelength 1.55 mum; Diffraction; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser modes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Power amplifiers; 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.2007.4452505
  • Filename
    4452505