Title :
In line Yb fiber master oscillator power amplifier generating stretched 20 /spl mu/J pulses with up to 140 kW peak power
Author :
Hartl, I. ; Imeshev, G. ; Liu, Z. ; Sartania, Z. ; Fermann, M.E.
Author_Institution :
IMRA America Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The generation of stretched 20 /spl mu/J pulses with 140 kW peak and 4 W average power is demonstrated in an in-line Yb fiber master oscillator power amplifier at a repetition rate of 200 kHz. The pulses are compressible down to 320 fs.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; 140 kW; 20 muJ; 320 fs; 4 W; in line Yb fiber master oscillator power amplifier; pulse compression; stretched pulses generation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
