Optical parametric amplification of a gain-switched picosecond laser diode

• Optical parametric amplification, employing periodically poled KTiOPO4 as the gain medium, was used to amplify radiation emitted by a gain-switched laser diode. The pulses, which had durations between 20 ps and 2 ns, were amplified with up to 50 dB in a double stage set-up and reached pulse energies of 1 and 23 mu J, respectively.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Laser optics

Laser pulses

Parametric amplifiers

Switching

Double stage set-up

Gain switched picosecond laser diode

Optical parametric amplification

Pulse energies

Optical physics

Optisk fysik

Publication and Content Type

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art (subject category)