Hybrid diode-laser fiber-amplifier source of high-energy ultrashort pulses

Journal Article · Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Optics Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.19.001043· OSTI ID:6877749

Galvanauskas, A; Fermann, M E ^[1]; Blixt, P ^[2]; Tellefsen, Jr, J A ^[3]; Harter, D ^[1]

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1. IMRA America, Inc., 1044 Woodridge Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 (United States)
2. Institute of Optical Research, S-10044 Stockholm (Sweden)
3. Royal Institute of Technology, S-10044 Stockholm (Sweden)

We demonstrate what we believe is the first compact laser system for generating ultrashort microjoule-energy optical pulses. Linearly chirped pulses from monolithic tunable Bragg-reflection laser diodes were amplified in a diode-pumped two-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier and compressed with a grating-pair compressor. The laser diodes had their emission wavelengths at 1.538 and 1.562 [mu]m. The highest pulse energies obtained were 2 [mu]J at the repetition frequencies of 1--10 kHz and were at the saturation energy level of the fiber amplifier. The shortest duration of compressed pulses is 1.8 ps.

• OSTI ID: 6877749
• Journal Information: Optics Letters; (United States), Vol. 19:14; ISSN 0146-9592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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