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    • Fabian Röser

    Ph.D. Student, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

    Fabian Röser is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Applied Physics and the Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Optics and Precision Engineering at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Jena, Germany).

    (Courtesy of Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)
    FIGURE 1. A millijoule-level high-repetition-rate fiber chirped-pulse amplification system includes an optical isolator (ISO), acousto-optical modulator (AOM), and specialized photonic-crystal fiber (PCF).
    Fiber Optics

    High-power Fiber Lasers: Ultrafast fiber laser reaches gigawatt peak powers

    Jens Limpert
    May 1, 2008
    The power-handling capabilities of the main amplifier in a fiber laser reveal a potential performance of gigawatt peak power at megahertz repetition rate.