title: Picosecond pulse amplification up to a peak power of 42  W by a quantum-dot tapered optical amplifier and a mode-locked laser emitting at 1.26 µm.
abstract: We experimentally study the generation and amplification of stable picosecond-short optical pulses by a master oscillator power-amplifier configuration consisting of a monolithic quantum-dot-based gain-guided tapered laser and amplifier emitting at 1.26 µm without pulse compression, external cavity, gain- or Q-switched operation. We report a peak power of 42 W and a figure-of-merit for second-order nonlinear imaging of 38.5  W2 at a repetition rate of 16 GHz and an associated pulse width of 1.37 ps.
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authors: Weber
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authors: Drzewietzki
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authors: Rossetti
authors: Tianhong
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authors: Bardella
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