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Title: Femtosecond pulse amplification in cladding-pumped fibers

Journal Article · · Optics Letters
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  1. IMRA America, Inc., 1044 Woodridge Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 (United States)
  2. Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom)

Femtosecond pulse amplification in a cladding-pumped fiber amplifier is demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. Using a cladding-pumped erbium-doped fiber power amplifier and a passively mode-locked fiber seed oscillator in conjunction with an all-fiber chirped-pulse amplification system, we obtain 380-fs near-bandwidth-limited pulses with an average power of 260 mW. The pulse repetition rate is varied between 5 and 50 MHz, and pulse energies as high as 20 nJ are generated. {copyright} 1995 Optical Society of America

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
165584
Journal Information:
Optics Letters, Vol. 20, Issue 17; Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English