Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Express
Keywords
LASER; DISPERSION; Optics
Abstract
The concept of eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification (X-CPA) is introduced as a novel method to overcome the energy storage limit of semiconductor optical amplifiers in ultrashort pulse amplification. A colliding pulse mode-locked semiconductor laser is developed as a master oscillator and generates 600fs pulses with 6nm bandwidth at 975nm. Using a highly dispersive chirped fiber Bragg grating (1600ps/nm) as an extreme pulse stretcher and compressor, we demonstrate similar to 16,000 times extreme chirped pulse amplification and recompression generating optical pulses of 590fs with 1.4kW of peak power. These pulses represent, to our knowledge, the highest peak power generated from an all semiconductor ultrafast laser system.
Journal Title
Optics Express
Volume
13
Issue/Number
12
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
4600
Last Page
4606
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1094-4087
Recommended Citation
Kim, Kyungbum; Lee, Shinwook; and Delfyett, Peter J., "1.4kW high peak power generation from an all semiconductor mode-locked master oscillator power amplifier system based on eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification(X-CPA)" (2005). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 5350.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/5350
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