Compact tunable high power picosecond source based on Yb-doped fiber amplification of gain switch laser diode

被引：31
作者：
Liu, Hongjun [1 ]
Gao, Cunxiao [1 ]
Tao, Jintao [1 ]
Zhao, Wei [1 ]
Wang, Yishan [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Xian Inst Opt & Precis Mech, State Key Lab Transient Opt & Photon Technol, Xian 710119, Peoples R China
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2008年 / 16卷 / 11期
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D O I：
10.1364/OE.16.007888
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A compact tunable high power picosecond source based on Yb-doped fiber amplification of gain switch laser diode is demonstrated. A multi-stage single mode Yb-doped fiber preamplifier was combined with a single mode double-clad Yb-doped fiber main amplifier to construct the amplification system, which is seeded by a gain switch laser diode. By optimizing preamplifier's parameters to compensate the seed spectrum gain, a "flat top" broadband spectrum is obtained to realize wavelength tunable output with a self-made tunable filter. The tunable pulses were further amplified to 3.5 W average power 90 ps pulses at 1 MHz repetition rate, and the center wavelength was tunable in the ranges from 1053 nm to 1073 nm with excellent beam quality. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.
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页码：7888 / 7893
页数：6
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