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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276439
