High-energy in-fiber pulse amplification for coherent lidar applications

Phillipov, V; Codemard, C; Jeong, C; Alegria, C; Sahu, JK; Nilsson, J; Pearson, GN

Abstract

An Er:Yb codoped fiber amplifier chain for the generation of pulses for coherent lidar applications at a wavelength near 1.5 micron is reported. The final 1.8-m-long power amplification stage had a 50 micron core diameter and yielded a 23-dB energy gain, resulting in 0.29-mJ, 100-ns pulses at a repetition rate of 4 kHz with no Brillouin scattering and an M2 of 2.1.

Citation

Phillipov, V., Codemard, C., Jeong, C., Alegria, C., Sahu, J., Nilsson, J., & Pearson, G. (2004). High-energy in-fiber pulse amplification for coherent lidar applications. Optics Letters, 29(22), 2590-2592. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.29.002590

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 15, 2004
• Deposit Date: Oct 9, 2007
• Journal: Optics Letters
• Print ISSN: 0146-9592
• Publisher: Optical Society of America
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 22
• Pages: 2590-2592
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.29.002590
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.29.002590