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100kW peak power picosecond thulium-doped fiber amplifier system seeded by a gain-switched diode laser at 2µm

100kW peak power picosecond thulium-doped fiber amplifier system seeded by a gain-switched diode laser at 2µm
100kW peak power picosecond thulium-doped fiber amplifier system seeded by a gain-switched diode laser at 2µm
We report on the generation of picosecond pulses at 2µm directly from a gain-switched discrete-mode diode laser and their amplification in a multistage thulium-doped fiber amplifier chain. The system is capable of operating at repetition rates in the range of 2MHz - 1.5GHz without change of configuration, delivering high-quality 33ps pulses with up to 3.5µJ energy and 100kW peak power, as well as up to 18W of average power. These results represent a major technological advance and a 1 order of magnitude increase in peak power and pulse energy compared to existing picosecond sources at 2µm.
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Heidt, A.M.
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Heidt, A.M., Li, Z., Sahu, J., Shardlow, P.C., Becker, M., Rothhardt, M., Ibsen, M., Phelan, R., Kelly, B., Alam, S.U. and Richardson, D.J. (2013) 100kW peak power picosecond thulium-doped fiber amplifier system seeded by a gain-switched diode laser at 2µm. Optics Letters, 38 (10), 1615-1617. (doi:10.1364/OL.38.001615).

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Abstract

We report on the generation of picosecond pulses at 2µm directly from a gain-switched discrete-mode diode laser and their amplification in a multistage thulium-doped fiber amplifier chain. The system is capable of operating at repetition rates in the range of 2MHz - 1.5GHz without change of configuration, delivering high-quality 33ps pulses with up to 3.5µJ energy and 100kW peak power, as well as up to 18W of average power. These results represent a major technological advance and a 1 order of magnitude increase in peak power and pulse energy compared to existing picosecond sources at 2µm.

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Published date: 15 May 2013
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 356433
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/356433
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: adcfbb54-26c6-46c4-8b70-6ccca350ab2f
ORCID for J. Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152
ORCID for P.C. Shardlow: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-0581
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 12 Sep 2013 17:02
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:41

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Author: A.M. Heidt
Author: Z. Li
Author: J. Sahu ORCID iD
Author: P.C. Shardlow ORCID iD
Author: M. Becker
Author: M. Rothhardt
Author: M. Ibsen
Author: R. Phelan
Author: B. Kelly
Author: S.U. Alam
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD

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