10 W peak power from a gain-switched picosecond all-semiconductor laser

被引：9
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作者：
Häring, R [1 ]
Schmitt, T [1 ]
Bellancourt, AR [1 ]
Lison, F [1 ]
Lauritsen, K [1 ]
Erdmann, R [1 ]
Kaenders, W [1 ]
机构：
[1] TOPTICA Photon AC, Munich, Germany
来源：
Solid State Lasers XIV: Technology and Devices | 2005年 / 5707卷
关键词：
MOPA; tapered amplifier; picosecond diode laser; nonlinear optics; frequency conversion; microscopy;
D O I：
10.1117/12.591479
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
Gain-switching of laser diodes might be the most convenient way to generate picosecond laser pulses. The outstanding features of gain-switched laser diodes are a rich choice of wavelength and an easy synchronization to an external trigger source. To broaden the field of applications we pushed the peak power to the 10 W level while maintaining the essential characteristics of the laser source. In a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) configuration a tapered amplifier is used to increase the output from 10 mW to 160 mW average power. Second harmonic generation is demonstrated in a single pass setup, which results in 6.5 mW average power at 532 nm with a repetition rate of 80 MHz.
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页码：302 / 308
页数：7
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