DocumentCode
3003463
Title
Chirped-Pulse Amplification Near the Gain-Narrowing Limit of an Yb-Doped Fiber Amplifier Using a Reflection Grism Compressor
Author
Kuznetsova, L. ; Wise, F.W. ; Kane, S. ; Squier, J.
Author_Institution
Cornell Univ., Ithaca
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Chirped-pulse amplification near the Yb gain-narrowing limit is studied numerically and experimentally. An inhomogeneous gain lineshape is consistent with experiments. With a grism compressor, transform-limited 120-fs pulses are generated with energy up to 0.7 muJ.
Keywords
chirp modulation; optical fibre amplifiers; ytterbium; Yb-doped fiber amplifier; chirped-pulse amplification; gain-narrowing limit; reflection grism compressor; Bandwidth; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods;
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.2007.4452510
Filename
4452510
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