Title :
Compact semiconductor-based chirped-pulse amplification laser system
Author :
Braun, A.M. ; Burstyn, H. ; Patterson, D.R. ; Price, B.B. ; Abeles, J.H. ; Gee, S. ; Delfyett, P.J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Sarnoff Corp., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A compact chirped pulse amplification laser was developed based on fiber pigtailed semiconductor gain elements and chirped fiber Bragg gratings. The shoebox sized system produced 10 pJ, 1 MHz pulsetrains, amplified to 7 nJ with inclusion of EDFA.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; erbium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; semiconductor lasers; 1 MHz; 10 pJ; 7 nJ; EDFA; chirped fiber Bragg gratings; compact semiconductor-based chirped-pulse amplification laser system; fiber pigtailed semiconductor gain elements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
