Tunable nanosecond ytterbium-doped master-oscillator fiber amplifier system

R. Royon (1) , J. Lhermite (1) , G. Machinet (1) , L. Sarger (2) , E. Cormier (1)

1 CELIA - Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications
2 LOMA - Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine

We report on a sub-nanosecond fiber laser continuously tunable between 1040-1100 nm and delivering 5 W average output power corresponding to 0,25 mJ energy per pulse and peak power of 280 kW.

Mots clés: Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Power amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Power generation; Optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission

Domaines: Physique [physics]

R. Royon, J. Lhermite, G. Machinet, L. Sarger, E. Cormier. Tunable nanosecond ytterbium-doped master-oscillator fiber amplifier system. Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on, May 2011, Baltimore, MC, United States. ⟨10.1364/CLEO_SI.2011.CThDD3⟩. ⟨hal-01555368⟩