Title :
A high peak power, nanosecond Tm:Fiber MOPA system for mid-IR OPO pumping
Author :
Kadwani, Pankaj ; Gebhardt, Martin ; Gaida, Christian ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Mark
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We report on a thulium fiber MOPA system utilizing a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based power amplifier generating >40 kW, ~6.5 ns pulses as a tunable, narrow linewidth source for mid-IR OPO pumping.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; laser tuning; light sources; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; spectral line narrowing; thulium; PCF based power amplifier; midinfrared OPO pumping; nanosecond thulium:fiber MOPA system; narrow linewidth source; optical parametric oscillators; optical tuning; photonic crystal fiber; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
