High-peak-power picosecond optical pulse generation from Q-switched bow-tie laser with a tapered traveling wave amplifier

B. Zhu; I. H. White; K. A. Williams; F. R. Laughton; R. V. Penty

doi:10.1109/68.491207

High-peak-power picosecond optical pulse generation from Q-switched bow-tie laser with a tapered traveling wave amplifier

B. Zhu, I. H. White, K. A. Williams, F. R. Laughton, R. V. Penty

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Picosecond optical pulse amplification along with spatial mode filtering has been demonstrated, using a tapered traveling wave semiconductor post-amplifier and multicontact Q-switched bow-tie laser. Optical pulses of 13 ps duration were generated with a single-lobed, near diffraction-limited radiation pattern. Peak powers of 44.7 W, and pulse energies as high as 0.58 nJ were observed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	503-505
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/68.491207
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 1996

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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