Title :
High gain Yb:CaF2 amplifier pumped by a high brightness Ytterbium doped fiber laser operating at 976nm
Author :
G. Machinet;J. Lhermite;D. Descamps;G. Andriukaitis;D. Adams;A. Pugžlys;A. Baltuška;E. Cormier
Author_Institution :
Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université
fDate :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The recent development of a high-power diffraction-limited fiber laser operating at 976 nm offers an intriguing prospect of a breakthrough pumping technology and can supplant the current direct-diode pumping technology for high single-pass gain amplifiers. In this contribution we report on a significant single-pass small signal gain enhancement in an Yb:CaF2 crystal at room-temperature.
Keywords :
Optical pumping
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942503
