Direct amplification of ultrashort pulses in μ-pulling-down Yb:YAG single crystal fibers

被引：39

作者：

Zaouter, Yoann ^{[1
]}

Martial, Igor ^{[2
,3
]}

Aubry, Nicolas ^{[3
]}

Didierjean, Julien ^{[3
]}

Hoenninger, Clemens ^{[1
]}

Mottay, Eric ^{[1
]}

Druon, Frederic ^{[2
]}

Georges, Patrick ^{[2
]}

Balembois, Francois ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Amplitude Syst, F-33600 Pessac, France

[2] Univ Paris Sud, Lab Charles Fabry, Inst Opt, CNRS, F-91127 Palaiseau, France

[3] Fibercryst SAS, F-69616 Villeurbanne, France

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2011年 / 36卷 / 05期

关键词：

LASER; AMPLIFIER;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.36.000748

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrated that Yb:YAG single crystal fibers have a strong potential for the amplification of femtosecond pulses. Seeded by 230 fs pulses with an average power of 400 mW at 30 MHz delivered by a passively mode-locked Yb:KYW oscillator, the system produced 330 fs pulses with an average power of 12W. This is the shortest pulse duration ever produced by an Yb:YAG amplifier. The gain in the single crystal fiber reached a value as high as 30 in a simple double-pass configuration. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：748 / 750

页数：3

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