High-power, high repetition rate picosecond and femtosecond sources based on Yb-doped fiber amplification of VECSELs

P. Dupriez; C. Finot; A. Malinowski; J. K. Sahu; J. Nilsson; D. J. Richardson; K. G. Wilcox; H. D. Foreman; A. C. Tropper

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High-power, high repetition rate picosecond and femtosecond sources based on Yb-doped fiber amplification of VECSELs

P. Dupriez (Lead / Corresponding author), C. Finot, A. Malinowski, J. K. Sahu, J. Nilsson, D. J. Richardson, K. G. Wilcox, H. D. Foreman, A. C. Tropper

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Picosecond pulses at gigahertz repetition rates from two different passively mode-locked VECSELs are amplified to high powers in cascaded ytterbium doped fiber amplifiers. Small differences in pulse durations between the two VECSELs led to amplification in different nonlinear regimes. The shorter 0.5 ps pulses could be amplified to 53 W of average power in the parabolic pulse regime. This was confirmed by excellent pulse compression down to 110 fs. The VECSEL producing longer 4.6 ps pulses was amplified in an SPM dominated regime up to 200 W of average power but with poor recompressed pulse quality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9611-9616
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	14
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.009611
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2006

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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