Upconversion chirped-pulse amplification of ultrashort pulses using a multimode Tm:ZBLAN fiber

Lih-Mei Yang; Thomas S. Sosnowski; Michelle Lynn Stock; Theodore B. Norris; Jeffrey A. Squier; Gerard A. Mourou; Michael L. Dennis; Irl N. Duling III

doi:10.1117/12.206406

10 April 1995 Upconversion chirped-pulse amplification of ultrashort pulses using a multimode Tm:ZBLAN fiber

Lih-Mei Yang, Thomas S. Sosnowski, Michelle Lynn Stock, Theodore B. Norris, Jeffrey A. Squier, Gerard A. Mourou, Michael L. Dennis, Irl N. Duling III

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Proceedings Volume 2377, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses II; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206406
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Microjoule pulse energies are achieved from a single stage upconversion fiber amplifier for the first time in this demonstration of chirped pulse amplification using a multimode Tm:ZBLAN fiber. A Ti:sapphire laser system provides the seed pulse for the upconversion fiber amplifier which produces subpicosecond pulse trains with energies as great as 16 (mu) J at repetition rate of 4.4 kHz. The compressed pulse peak power is more than 1 MW, and the pulse is characterized both temporally and spatially.

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Lih-Mei Yang, Thomas S. Sosnowski, Michelle Lynn Stock, Theodore B. Norris, Jeffrey A. Squier, Gerard A. Mourou, Michael L. Dennis, and Irl N. Duling III "Upconversion chirped-pulse amplification of ultrashort pulses using a multimode Tm:ZBLAN fiber", Proc. SPIE 2377, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses II, (10 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206406

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