CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION CIRCUITS FOR FIBER AMPLIFIERS, BASED ON CHIRPED-PERIOD QUASI-PHASE-MATCHING GRATINGS

Authors
GALVANAUSKAS A HARTER D ARBORE MA CHOU MH FEJER MM
Citation
A. Galvanauskas et al., CHIRPED-PULSE AMPLIFICATION CIRCUITS FOR FIBER AMPLIFIERS, BASED ON CHIRPED-PERIOD QUASI-PHASE-MATCHING GRATINGS, Optics letters, 23(21), 1998, pp. 1695-1697
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
21
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1695 - 1697
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:21<1695:CACFFA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A new type of compact chirped-pulse-amplification circuit for high-pow er amplification of femtosecond pulses in an optical fiber is demonstr ated. This circuit is based on a novel pulse compressor, chirped-perio d quasi-phase-matching gratings in electric-field-poled lithium niobat e. The main advantages of this circuit are simplicity, the small numbe r of components, compactness, and wavelength conversion of Er-doped fi ber output to the technologically important 780-nm wavelength region. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.