Title :
X-CPA (extreme chirped pulse amplification) - beyond the energy storage limit of semiconductor gain media
Author :
Kim, Kyungbum ; Lee, Shinwook ; Delfyett, Peter J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The stored energy limitation in ultrashort pulse amplification using semiconductor gain medium is overcome using the concept of X-CPA that consists of SOAs and chirped fiber Bragg gratings (CFBGs).
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; energy storage; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibres; optical pulse compression; semiconductor optical amplifiers; CFBG; SOA; X-CPA; chirped fiber Bragg gratings; energy storage limit; extreme chirped pulse amplification; semiconductor gain media; ultrashort pulse amplification;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
