Title :
Kilowatt-level peak power monolithic fiber amplifier for single-mode, narrow linewidth 100 ns pulses
Author :
Shi, Wei ; Petersen, Eliot B. ; Nguyen, Dan T. ; Zong, Jie ; Yao, Zhidong ; Stephen, Mark A. ; Chavez-Pirson, Arturo ; Peyghambarian, Nasser
Author_Institution :
NP Photonics Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We have achieved a peak power of 1.2 kW for 105 ns pulses with transform-limited linewidth by using a SM 25 µm core phosphate fiber in the power amplifier stage of a monolithic MOPA system.
Keywords :
Brillouin scattering; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Optical transmitters; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
