Abstract
In recent years, ultrafast laser systems using large-mode-area fiber amplifiers delivering several hundreds of watts of average power has attracted significant academic and industrial interest. These amplifiers can generate hundreds of kilowatts to megawatts of peak power using direct amplification and multi-gigawatts of peak power using pulse stretching techniques. These amplifiers are enabled by advancements in Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) design and manufacturing technology. In this paper, we will give a short overview of state-of-the-art PCF amplifiers and describe the performance in ultrafast ps laser systems.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Nanophotonics |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
Pages (from-to) | 369-381 |
ISSN | 2192-8606 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Biotechnology
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Fiber design
- Fiber lasers
- Photonic crystal fibers
- Ultrafast lasers
- Crystal whiskers
- Fiber amplifiers
- Fibers
- Nonlinear optics
- Direct amplification
- Large mode area fiber
- Manufacturing technologies
- Pulse stretching
- State of the art
- Ultrafast fiber lasers
- Ultrafast laser systems
- Design of specific laser systems
- Fibre lasers and amplifiers
- Laser beam characteristics and interactions
- Photonic bandgap materials
- Laser beam interactions and properties
- Optical materials
- laser beams
- laser modes
- optical fibre amplifiers
- photonic crystals
- ultrafast ps laser systems
- PCF amplifier
- manufacturing technology
- photonic crystal fiber design
- pulse stretching techniques
- multigigawatt power
- direct amplification
- peak power
- megawatt power
- kilowatt power
- industrial interest
- academic interest
- large-mode-area fiber amplifiers
- high power ultrafast fiber lasers
- photonic crystal fiber amplifiers
- Review articles