Title :
High Peak Power and High Energy Fiber Amplifiers
Author :
Minelly, John ; Teodoro, Fabio Di ; Leuchs, Matthias Savage ; Alterman, Deborah ; Brooks, Christopher ; Eisenberg, Eric
Author_Institution :
Aculight Corp., Bothell, WA
Abstract :
Yb fiber lasers have to date produced several mJ pulse energy, beam quality and several MW peak power but largely due to materials issues Er based fiber laser systems underperform in comparison. Relevant technologies are reviewed
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; ytterbium; Er-based fiber laser; high-energy fiber amplifiers; high-peak power fiber amplifiers; laser beam quality; ytterbium-based fiber lasers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278981
