Pulsed ytterbium-doped large mode area double-clad fiber amplifier in MOFPA configuration

• Autorzy: Świderski J. , Zając A. , Skórczakowski M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A pulsed master oscillator fiber power amplifier working in nanosecond range has been developed. An ytterbium-doped double-clad (large mode area) optical fiber was used as an amplifying medium. Actively Q-switched Nd:YVO laser was used as a seed of light pulses. The system worked at the repetition rate from 10 kHz to 40 kHz. At the amplifier output, pulses of 10.9 kW peak-power were achieved. The laser system worked at the slope efficiency of 30%.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

double-clad optical fibre; fiber amplifier; pulse generation

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 15, No. 2
• Strony: 98--101
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 10 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Świderski J.

autor

Zając A.

autor

Skórczakowski M.

• Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego Str., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland,

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