High-power, high repetition rate picosecond and femtosecond sources based on Yb-doped fiber amplification of VECSELs

被引：85

作者：

Dupriez, P. ^{[1
]}

Finot, C.

Malinowski, A.

Sahu, J. K.

Nilsson, J.

Richardson, D. J.

Wilcox, K. G.

Foreman, H. D.

Tropper, A. C.

机构：

[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England

[2] Univ Southampton, Sch Phys & Astron, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2006年 / 14卷 / 21期

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D O I：

10.1364/OE.14.009611

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Picosecond pulses at gigahertz repetition rates from two different passively mode-locked VECSELs are amplified to high powers in cascaded ytterbium doped fiber amplifiers. Small differences in pulse durations between the two VECSELs led to amplification in different nonlinear regimes. The shorter 0.5 ps pulses could be amplified to 53 W of average power in the parabolic pulse regime. This was confirmed by excellent pulse compression down to 110 fs. The VECSEL producing longer 4.6 ps pulses was amplified in an SPM dominated regime up to 200 W of average power but with poor recompressed pulse quality. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：9611 / 9616

页数：6

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