• 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