• DocumentCode
    689306
  • Title

    Amplification of ns-pulses beyond 1 MW-peak power in Tm3+-doped photonic crystal fiber rod

  • Author

    Gaida, Christian ; Gebhardt, Martin ; Kadwani, Pankaj ; Leick, Lasse ; Broeng, Jes ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Mark

  • Author_Institution
    CREOL, Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We utilize thulium doped PCF rods for amplification of ns-pulses in MOPA configuration and achieve MW-level peak powers with sub 10 ns pulses at 2 μm. The utilization of end caps will enable multi MW peak powers.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; holey fibres; optical fibre amplifiers; photonic crystals; power amplifiers; thulium; MOPA configuration; master oscillator power amplifier; nanosecond-pulse amplification; thulium-doped photonic crystal fiber rod; time 10 ns; wavelength 2 mum; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833689
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689306