10.5 watts time-averaged power mid-IR supercontinuum generation with direct pulse pattern modulation

Author

Xu, Zhao ; Xia, Chenan ; Islam, Mohammed N. ; Terry, Fred L., Jr. ; Freeman, Mike J. ; Zakel, Andy ; Mauricio, Jeremiah

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

An all-fiber-integrated supercontinuum laser having time-averaged power scalable up to 10.5 W with diffraction limited beam quality is demonstrated. The SC pulses can be generated with arbitrary modulation patterns having on/off durations as short as 10 muS.

Keywords

fibre lasers; integrated optics; laser beams; optical modulation; supercontinuum generation; all-fiber-integrated supercontinuum laser; diffraction limited beam quality; mid-infrared laser; power 10.5 W; pulse pattern modulation; supercontinuum generation; time-averaged power; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Free electron lasers; Laser feedback; Optical feedback; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Quantum cascade lasers; Supercontinuum generation; (060.2390) Fiber optics, infrared; (320.6629) Supercontinuum generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224601