Broad-bandwidth pulse amplification to the 10-μJ level in an ytterbium-doped germanosilicate fiber
- 15 July 1996
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 21 (14), 1061-1063
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.21.001061
Abstract
The saturation characteristics of pulse amplification in an ytterbium-doped fiber are studied. The highest pulse energy obtained is 12 microJ at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. Even with gain narrowing, the fiber is capable of amplifying the bandwidth of 100-fs pulses at 1 microm.Keywords
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