title: Picosecond bismuth-doped fiber MOPFA for frequency conversion.
abstract: We report the development of a bismuth-doped fiber master oscillator power fiber amplifier system. The system operates at 1177 nm, producing 28 ps pulses at 9.11 MHz repetition rate, with an output power of 150 mW and a peak pulse power of 580 W. We subsequently frequency double the output, resulting in a picosecond pulsed visible source operating at 588.5 nm, with a maximum average output power of 13.7 mW.
authors.affiliation: Femtosecond Optics Group, Physics Department, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK. ben.chapman05@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Ben H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Edmund J R
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kelleher
authors.forename: Sergei V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Konstantin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Golant
authors.forename: Janne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puustinen
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Okhotnikov
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Taylor