1.4kW high peak power generation from an all semiconductor mode-locked master oscillator power amplifier system based on eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification(X-CPA)

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.004600

Optics Express

Editor: Michael Duncan
Vol. 13, Iss. 12 — Jun. 13, 2005
pp: 4600–4606

1.4kW high peak power generation from an all semiconductor mode-locked master oscillator power amplifier system based on eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification(X-CPA)

Kyungbum Kim, Shinwook Lee, and Peter Delfyett »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 12, pp. 4600-4606 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.004600

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The concept of eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification (X-CPA) is introduced as a novel method to overcome the energy storage limit of semiconductor optical amplifiers in ultrashort pulse amplification. A colliding pulse mode-locked semiconductor laser is developed as a master oscillator and generates 600fs pulses with 6nm bandwidth at 975nm. Using a highly dispersive chirped fiber Bragg grating (1600ps/nm) as an extreme pulse stretcher and compressor, we demonstrate ~16,000 times extreme chirped pulse amplification and recompression generating optical pulses of 590fs with 1.4kW of peak power. These pulses represent, to our knowledge, the highest peak power generated from an all semiconductor ultrafast laser system.

OCIS Codes
(140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
(140.4480) Lasers and laser optics : Optical amplifiers
(140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
(320.5520) Ultrafast optics : Pulse compression
(320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers
(320.7160) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast technology

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Original Manuscript: May 3, 2005
Revised Manuscript: May 31, 2005
Published: June 13, 2005

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Kyungbum Kim, Shinwook Lee, and Peter Delfyett, "1.4kW high peak power generation from an all semiconductor mode-locked master oscillator power amplifier system based on eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification(X-CPA)," Opt. Express 13, 4600-4606 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-12-4600

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K. Kim, S. Lee, P. J. Delfyett, �??eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification (X-CPA) with Semiconductor Gain Media,�?? LEOS Annual Meeting, WB4 (2003); K. Kim, S. Lee, P. J. Delfyett, �??X-CPA (eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification) �?? Beyond the Energy Storage Limit of Semiconductor Gain Media,�?? CLEO conference, CTuY2 (2004); P. J. Delfyett, K. Kim, B. Resan, �??eXtreme Chirped/Stretched Pulsed Amplification and Laser�?? (patent pending)
J. Brennan and D. LaBrake, �??Realization of >10-m-long chirped fiber Bragg gratings,�?? Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides (OSA, Washington. DC, 1999), pp.128-130
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K. Kim, S. Lee, P. J. Delfyett, �??Generation of 238nJ, 16ns Stretched Pulses in all Semiconductor X-CPA,�?? LEOS 2004 Annual Meeting, WFF2 (2004)
B. Resan, P. J. Delfyett, �??Dispersion-Managed Breathing-Mode Semiconductor Mode-Locked Ring Laser : Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulations,�?? IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40, 214-221 (2004).

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

P. J. Delfyett, L.T. Florez, N. Stoffel, T. Gmitter, N. C. Andreadakis, Y. Silberberg, J. P. Heritage and G. A. Alphonse, �??High-Power Ultrafast Laser Diodes,�?? IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 28, 2203-2219 (1992). [CrossRef]
S. Gee, G. Alphonese, J. Connolly, P. J. Delfyett, �??High-Power Mode-Locked External Cavity Semiconductor Laser Using Inverse Bow-Tie Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers,�?? IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 4, 209-215 (1998). [CrossRef]
O. Martinez, �??3000 times grating compressor with positive group velocity dispersion: Application to fiber compensation in 1.3-1.6 µm region,�?? IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 23, 59-64 (1987). [CrossRef]
B. Resan, P. J. Delfyett, �??Dispersion-Managed Breathing-Mode Semiconductor Mode-Locked Ring Laser : Experimental Characterization and Numerical Simulations,�?? IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 40, 214-221 (2004).

IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett.

A. Mar, R. Helkey, J. Bowers, B. Mehuys, D. Welch, �??Mode-Locked Operation of a Master Oscillator Power Amplifier,�?? IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett., 6, 1067-1069 (1994). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

L. Goldberg, D. Mehuys, D. Welch, �??High Power Mode-Locked Compound Laser Using a Tapered Semiconductor Amplifier,�?? IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., 6, 1070-1072 (1994). [CrossRef]

Opt. Eng.

G.C. Gilbreath, W.S. Rabinoich, T.J. Meehan, R. Mahon, R. Burris, M. Ferraro, I. Sokolsky, J.A. Vasquez, C.S. Bovais, K. Cochrell, K.C. Goins, R. Rarbehenn, D.S. Katzer, K. Ilkossi-Anansasiou, M.J. Montes, �??Large-aperture multiple quantum well modulating retroreflector for free-space optical data transfer on unmanned aerial vehicles,�?? Opt. Eng. 40, 1348-1356 (2000) [CrossRef]

Other

K. Kim, S. Lee, P. J. Delfyett, �??Generation of 238nJ, 16ns Stretched Pulses in all Semiconductor X-CPA,�?? LEOS 2004 Annual Meeting, WFF2 (2004)
K. Kim, S. Lee, P. J. Delfyett, �??eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification (X-CPA) with Semiconductor Gain Media,�?? LEOS Annual Meeting, WB4 (2003); K. Kim, S. Lee, P. J. Delfyett, �??X-CPA (eXtreme Chirped Pulse Amplification) �?? Beyond the Energy Storage Limit of Semiconductor Gain Media,�?? CLEO conference, CTuY2 (2004); P. J. Delfyett, K. Kim, B. Resan, �??eXtreme Chirped/Stretched Pulsed Amplification and Laser�?? (patent pending)
J. Brennan and D. LaBrake, �??Realization of >10-m-long chirped fiber Bragg gratings,�?? Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides (OSA, Washington. DC, 1999), pp.128-130

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