Title :
Impact of pumping configuration on all-fibred femtosecond chirped pulse amplification
Author :
Lecourt, Jean-Bernard ; Duterte, C. ; Bertrand, Alexander ; Liegeois, F. ; Hernandez, Yves ; Giannone, D.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Photonics Dept., Multitel, Mons
Abstract :
Co- and counter-propagative pumping schemes were experimentally compared for the amplification of ultra-short optical pulses. According to pumping direction it is shown that optical pulses with a duration of 75 fs and 100 mW of average output power can be obtained for co-propagative pumping, while pulse duration is never shorter than 400 fs for the counter-propagative case.
Keywords :
amplification; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; counter-propagative pumping schemes; femtosecond chirped pulse amplification; power 100 mW; pulse duration; pumping configuration; time 400 fs; time 75 fs; ultra-short optical pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20082237
