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
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