Title :
45 watts average power, 3 ps, 1.3-GHz repetition rate Yb-fiber amplification system
Author :
Ouzounov, Dimitre G. ; Li, Heng ; Dunham, Bruce ; Sinclair, Charles ; Wise, Frank W.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Pulses from harmonically-mode-locked fiber laser were amplified in Yb-fiber to average power of 45 watts in good-quality 3-ps-pulses, at 1.3-GHz repetition rate in a near diffraction-limited-beam. 15-watts-average-power at 520 nm is produced by second-harmonic generation.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical harmonic generation; ytterbium; Yb; fiber amplification system; harmonically-mode-locked fiber laser; near diffraction-limited-beam; power 15 W; power 45 W; second-harmonic generation; time 3 ps; wavelength 520 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Oscillators; Physics; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; (060.2320) fiber optics amplifiers; (140.3280) laser amplifiers; (190.4370) nonlinear optics, fibers;
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
