All polarization-maintaining fiber chirped-pulse amplification system for microjoule femtosecond pulses

Autor: Shian Zhou, Tetsuji Takamido, Andy Chong, Rakesh Bhandari, Frank W. Wise
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
Popis: A femtosecond fiber system based on nonlinear chirped-pulse amplification is investigated. It is the first investigation on pulse properties from all-normal-dispersion fiber laser after amplification. Nonlinearities due to fibers are carefully managed. The system generates up to 5-μJ pulses, and delivers near diffraction-limit beam (M 2 < 1.1), polarization extinction ratio (40 dB) and polarization extinction ratio (36 dB).
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