Generation of 99.8 fs, 25 kW Peak-Power, Dispersion-Managed Pulses Directly from an Yb-Doped Figure-of-9 Fiber Laser
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Experimental Setup
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Ref | Spectral Width | Pulse Duration | Pulse Energy | Peak-Power |
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[26] | 31 nm | 61 fs | 0.1 nJ | 1.5 kW |
[27] | 7.8 nm | 215 fs | 0.21 nJ | 0.4 kW |
[28] | 20 nm | 1.86 ps | 0.26 nJ | 0.14 kW |
[14] | 14.1 nm | 122 fs | 0.61 nJ | 4.85 kW |
[13] | NA | 64 fs | NA | 10 kW |
This work | 12.06 nm | 99.8 fs | 2.5 nJ | 25 kW |
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Yuan, S.; Si, L.; Chen, J.; Chen, J.; Yu, H. Generation of 99.8 fs, 25 kW Peak-Power, Dispersion-Managed Pulses Directly from an Yb-Doped Figure-of-9 Fiber Laser. Materials 2022, 15, 7038. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15197038
Yuan S, Si L, Chen J, Chen J, Yu H. Generation of 99.8 fs, 25 kW Peak-Power, Dispersion-Managed Pulses Directly from an Yb-Doped Figure-of-9 Fiber Laser. Materials. 2022; 15(19):7038. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15197038
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuan, Shuai, Lu Si, Jianing Chen, Junyu Chen, and Han Yu. 2022. "Generation of 99.8 fs, 25 kW Peak-Power, Dispersion-Managed Pulses Directly from an Yb-Doped Figure-of-9 Fiber Laser" Materials 15, no. 19: 7038. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15197038
APA StyleYuan, S., Si, L., Chen, J., Chen, J., & Yu, H. (2022). Generation of 99.8 fs, 25 kW Peak-Power, Dispersion-Managed Pulses Directly from an Yb-Doped Figure-of-9 Fiber Laser. Materials, 15(19), 7038. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15197038