High-power compact ultrafast fiber lasers

Martin E. Fermann; Michelle Lynn Stock; Almantas Galvanauskes; Donald J. Harter

doi:10.1117/12.382858

13 April 2000 High-power compact ultrafast fiber lasers

Martin E. Fermann, Michelle Lynn Stock, Almantas Galvanauskes, Donald J. Harter

Proceedings Volume 3942, Rare-Earth-Doped Materials and Devices IV; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.382858
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronics, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

High-power compact ultrafast pulse sources based on optical fiber lasers are discussed. The optical efficiency of fiber- based ultrafast pulse sources is optimized by the implementation of double-clad Yb-doped fibers. The spatial limitations of ultrafast single-mode fiber lasers and amplifiers are overcome by the implementation of diffraction-limited multi-mode rare-earth-doped fibers, allowing for the generation of ultrafast pulses with large peak powers. In the temporal domain, a further increase in obtainable peak powers is made possible by the use of chirped pulse amplification or the amplification of pulses with parabolic temporal profiles. Parabolic pulses are generated in the asymptotic limit in high gain fiber amplifiers operating in the positive dispersion regime.

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Martin E. Fermann, Michelle Lynn Stock, Almantas Galvanauskes, and Donald J. Harter "High-power compact ultrafast fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 3942, Rare-Earth-Doped Materials and Devices IV, (13 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.382858

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