EFFICIENT HIGH-POWER OPTICAL PULSE-COMPRESSION WITH LOGARITHMIC WING ANALYSIS

被引:17
作者
ROSKOS, H [1 ]
SEILMEIER, A [1 ]
KAISER, W [1 ]
HARVEY, JD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV AUCKLAND,DEPT PHYS,AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND
关键词
LASERS - Mode Locking - OPTICAL FIBERS - Applications;
D O I
10.1016/0030-4018(87)90129-5
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Compression of high-power pulses of a vcw mode-locked Nd:YAG laser is investigated using a short fiber (25 m) and a long fiber (1300 m) with a large mode area. With the short fiber, pulses of 4 ps duration and average output power of 3 w are obtained. The long fiber gives pulses of approximately 1 ps duration with excellent pulse quality. The wings of the optimized pulses are found to rise nearly exponentially over four orders of magnitude.
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页数:6
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