Adaptive pulse shape control in a diode-seeded nanosecond fiber MOPA system

We demonstrate active shaping of the driving electrical pulses to a laser diode in order to compensate for the pulse shaping effects of gain saturation in an Yb doped fiber amplifier cascade and to allow the generation of user defined customized output pulse shapes. In particular we demonstrate the...

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Main Authors: Vu, K.T (Author), Malinowski, A. (Author), Richardson, D.J (Author), Ghiringhelli, F. (Author), Hickey, L.M.B (Author), Zervas, M.N (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2006-11-13.
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