Title :
Fiber Amplification of 2 µm picoseconds pulses
Author :
Sims, R. Andrew ; Kadwani, Pankaj ; McComb, Timothy S. ; Willis, Christina C C ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution :
Townes Laser Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Ultrashort pulses were generated by a carbon nanotube mode-locked Tm fiber laser and subsequently amplified. Amplified pulses had an average power of 0.6 W, 2.6 kW peak power, and 13 nJ of energy.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; thulium; Tm; carbon nanotube mode-locked fiber laser; energy 13 nJ; fiber amplification; power 0.6 W; power 2.6 kW; ultrashort pulses; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Oscillators; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
