Tandem photonic amplifier employing a pulsed master oscillator fiber power amplifier with programmable temporal pulse shape capability

B. W. Baird; X. Peng; W. Ren; D. M. Hemenway; L. Xu; P. Deladurantaye; Y. Taillon

doi:10.1117/12.771742

14 February 2008 Tandem photonic amplifier employing a pulsed master oscillator fiber power amplifier with programmable temporal pulse shape capability

B. W. Baird, X. Peng, W. Ren, D. M. Hemenway, L. Xu, P. Deladurantaye, Y. Taillon

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Proceedings Volume 6871, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices; 68712A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.771742
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We report on recent advances in the development of a 1064 nm pulsed master oscillator fiber power amplifier (MOFPA) with integrated modulators enabling programmable temporal pulse shapes and its employment in a tandem photonic amplifier. The MOFPA amplifier chain is seeded by a laser diode operated in the CW regime, yielding very stable spectral characteristics that are independent of the pulse repetition rate and pulse shape. The use of 3 GHz integrated LiNbO3 electro-optic modulators in conjunction with high speed digital electronics results in an excellent pulse shaping capability, a fine pulse amplitude stability and high repetition rate operation (100 kHz-1MHz) with fast rise times (<1ns). Energy per pulse of 8-10 μJ with good beam quality characteristics are obtained using advanced large mode area (LMA) fiber designs in the final power amplifier stage. The output is linearly polarized with a spectral bandwidth of < 0.1 nm. When employed in a tandem amplifier configuration, in which the MOFPA output is input to a single-stage, single-pass Nd:YVO₄ amplifier pumped by a single 30 W fiber-coupled 808 nm diode, a 600 mW average power at 100 KHz signal input from the MOFPA was amplified to 6 W with faithful amplification of the input temporal pulse profile while achieving excellent beam quality (M²<1.1) and pulse amplitude stability (< ±3%, 3σ). A model of tandem amplifier performance shows good agreement with experimental results and indicates prospective performance of advanced tandem photonic amplifier configurations.

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B. W. Baird, X. Peng, W. Ren, D. M. Hemenway, L. Xu, P. Deladurantaye, and Y. Taillon "Tandem photonic amplifier employing a pulsed master oscillator fiber power amplifier with programmable temporal pulse shape capability", Proc. SPIE 6871, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices, 68712A (14 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.771742

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