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Wavelength-tunable high-power picosecond pulses from a fibre pumped diode-seeded high-gain parametric amplifier

Wavelength-tunable high-power picosecond pulses from a fibre pumped diode-seeded high-gain parametric amplifier
Wavelength-tunable high-power picosecond pulses from a fibre pumped diode-seeded high-gain parametric amplifier
We describe a high-gain optical parametric amplifier (OPA) and optical parametric generator (OPG) system pumped by a fiber chirped-pulse amplification source based on novel large-mode-area fiber components. 45nJ OPG thresholds and 34% pump-signal conversion efficiencies are obtained for ~4ps pulses. OPA gains in excess of 75dB and pump-signal conversion efficiencies of ~39% (external) are demonstrated. Furthermore, we show that injection seeding of such high-gain parametric devices by use of a low-power continuous-wave beam results in high-power (>18kW) picosecond pulses with a time-bandwidth produce of ~0.65. some ten times less than from a free-running OPG. Using such an approach, we obtain 2.7ps 50nJ pulses at 1.310µm.
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Britton, P.E.
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Broderick, N.G.R.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Smith, P.G.R.
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Ross, G.W.
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Hanna, D.C.
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Smith, P.G.R.
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Ross, G.W.
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Britton, P.E., Broderick, N.G.R., Richardson, D.J., Smith, P.G.R., Ross, G.W. and Hanna, D.C. (1998) Wavelength-tunable high-power picosecond pulses from a fibre pumped diode-seeded high-gain parametric amplifier. Optics Letters, 23 (20), 1588-1590. (doi:10.1364/OL.23.001588).

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We describe a high-gain optical parametric amplifier (OPA) and optical parametric generator (OPG) system pumped by a fiber chirped-pulse amplification source based on novel large-mode-area fiber components. 45nJ OPG thresholds and 34% pump-signal conversion efficiencies are obtained for ~4ps pulses. OPA gains in excess of 75dB and pump-signal conversion efficiencies of ~39% (external) are demonstrated. Furthermore, we show that injection seeding of such high-gain parametric devices by use of a low-power continuous-wave beam results in high-power (>18kW) picosecond pulses with a time-bandwidth produce of ~0.65. some ten times less than from a free-running OPG. Using such an approach, we obtain 2.7ps 50nJ pulses at 1.310µm.

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Published date: 15 October 1998

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Local EPrints ID: 77855
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/77855
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 0750d8fb-d51a-4664-a586-f98e9fddb53f
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058
ORCID for P.G.R. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-718X

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:38

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Author: P.E. Britton
Author: N.G.R. Broderick
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD
Author: P.G.R. Smith ORCID iD
Author: G.W. Ross
Author: D.C. Hanna

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