Open AccessCompact fiber CPA system based on a CFBG stretcher and CVBG compressor with matched dispersion profile
Author(s) -
Tadas Bartulevičius,
Saulius Frankinas,
Andrejus Michailovaś,
Ruslan Vasilyeu,
Vadim Smirnov,
François Trépanier,
N. Rusteika
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.25.019856
Subject(s) - fiber bragg grating , optics , materials science , chirped pulse amplification , gas compressor , pulse compression , phosfos , dispersion shifted fiber , pulse duration , ultrashort pulse , optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , physics , laser , telecommunications , radar , computer science , thermodynamics
In this work, a compact fiber chirped pulse amplification system exploiting a tandem of a chirped fiber Bragg grating stretcher and a chirped volume Bragg grating compressor with matched chromatic dispersion is presented. Chirped pulses of 230 ps duration were amplified in a Yb-doped fiber amplifier and re-compressed to 208 fs duration with good fidelity. The compressed pulse duration was fine-tuned by temperature gradient along the fiber Bragg grating stretcher.