Single polarization picosecond fiber MOPA power scaled to beyond 500W


          

刊名:Laser Physics Letters
作者:Peh Siong Teh(Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton)
Shaif-ul Alam(Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton)
Richard J. Lewis(Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton)
David J. Richardson(Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton)
刊号:537C0020
ISSN:1612-2011
出版年:2014
年卷期:2014, vol.11, no.8
页码:085103-1--085103-5
总页数:5
分类号:TN241
关键词:Fiber amplifierHigh power laserPicosecondNonlinear effects
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语种:eng
文摘:We demonstrate a gain-switched diode-seeded, ytterbium-doped fiber based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system, capable of delivering 2.4μJ, 35 ps pulses at a repetition frequency of 215 MHz in a single-polarization, close to diffraction limited beam. We are aware that the corresponding average power of > 500W is a record for such a MOPA system. Further pulse energy scaling was limited primarily by the onset of nonlinear effects such as self-phase modulation and stimulated Raman scattering which led to a compromised pulse quality at higher peak powers (> 70 kW).