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20 February 2008 Power scaling of fiber-based amplifiers seeded with microchip lasers
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We summarize the performance of mode-filtered, Yb-doped fiber amplifiers seeded by microchip lasers with nanosecond-duration pulses. These systems offer the advantages of compactness, efficiency, high peak power, diffraction-limited beam quality, and widely variable pulse energy and repetition rate. We review the fundamental limits on pulsed fiber amplifiers imposed by nonlinear processes, with a focus on the specific regime of nanosecond pulses. Different design options for the fiber and the seed laser are discussed, including the effects of pulse duration, wavelength, and linewidth. We show an example of a microchip-seeded, single-stage, single-pass fiber amplifier that produced pulses with 1.1 MW peak power, 0.76 mJ pulse energy, smooth temporal and spectral profiles, diffractionlimited beam quality, and linear polarization.
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Paul E. Schrader, Jean-Philippe Fève, Roger L. Farrow, Dahv A. V. Kliner, Randal L. Schmitt, and Binh T. Do "Power scaling of fiber-based amplifiers seeded with microchip lasers", Proc. SPIE 6871, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices, 68710T (20 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778388
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KEYWORDS
Fiber amplifiers

Fiber lasers

Optical amplifiers

Absorption

Nonlinear dynamics

Polarization

Pulsed laser operation

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