Title :
Generation of 55 W infrared and 35 W green power from a picosecond rod fiber amplifier
Author :
Zhi Zhao ; Dunham, Bruce M. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
A Yb rod amplifier that generates 2.7 ps pulses with 55 W power at 50 MHz repetition rate is reported. Amplified pulses exhibit minimal spectral distortion and high beam quality. Frequency-doubling yields 35 W green power.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical distortion; optical fibre amplifiers; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; Yb rod amplifier; amplified pulses; beam quality; frequency 50 MHz; frequency-doubling; green power; picosecond rod fiber amplifier; power 35 W; power 55 W; repetition rate; spectral distortion; time 2.7 ps; Fiber nonlinear optics; Green products; Optical distortion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
