Title :
Diffraction limited polarized emission from a multimode Yb fiber amplifier after nonlinear beam converter
Author :
Lombard, L. ; Brignon, A. ; Huignard, J.P. ; Lallier, E. ; Lucas-Leclin, G. ; Georges, P. ; Pauliat, G. ; Roosen, G.
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Orsay, France
Abstract :
The multimode and depolarized output beam of a multimode diode-pumped Yb-doped fiber amplifier is converted to a diffraction limited, linearly polarized beam by a self-referencing two wave mixing process in an infrared sensitive photorefractive crystal.
Keywords :
laser beams; light diffraction; light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; photorefractive materials; ytterbium; BaTiO/sub 3/:Rh; diffraction limited polarized emission; infrared sensitive photorefractive crystal; multimode diode-pumped Yb-doped fiber amplifier; nonlinear beam converter; self-referencing two wave mixing process;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
