High peak power optical pulses generated with a monolithic master-oscillator power amplifier
H. Wenzel, S. Schwertfeger, A. Klehr, D. Jedrzejczyk, T. Hoffmann, and G. Erbert
Published in:
Opt. Lett., vol. 37, no 11, pp. 1826-1828 (2012).
Abstract:
We present results on a monolithic semiconductor-based master-oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) combining a distributed-feedback (DFB) laser and a tapered amplifier on a single chip. The MOPA reaches an output power of almost 12 W at an emission wavelength around 1064 nm in continuous-wave operation. Pulses with a length of around 100 ps can be obtained either by injecting nanosecond current pulses into the tapered amplifier alone or into both the DFB laser and the tapered amplifier. In the latter case, pulses with a width of 84 ps, a peak power of 42 W, and a spectral width of 160 pm are generated.
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
OCIS codes:
250.5960, 250.4480
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