DocumentCode
3075789
Title
Direct amplification of a wavelength-tunable picosecond fiber laser with a large mode area erbium-doped fiber
Author
Vazquez-Zuniga, Luis Alonso ; Lee, Seung Jong ; Choi, Geunchang ; Jeong, Yoonchan
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea
fYear
2012
fDate
2-6 July 2012
Firstpage
198
Lastpage
199
Abstract
We present the direct amplification of a wavelength-tunable picosecond fiber laser operating in the 1.5 μm region by core-pumping a large mode area erbium-doped fiber. The system can deliver peak powers and pulse energies of ~ 11 kW and 106 nJ, respectively.
Keywords
erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; core-pumping; direct amplification; erbium-doped fiber; large mode area; wavelength 1.5 mum; wavelength-tunable picosecond fiber laser; Erbium; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Power amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location
Busan
ISSN
2166-8884
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN
2166-8884
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276439
Filename
6276439
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