W7701-145724/A - Picosecond Erbium-doped fibre based laser system (W7701-145724/A)

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Title : Picosecond Erbium-doped fibre based laser system

W7701-145724

Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)

Valcartier would like to acquire one (1) picosecond fibre based laser system for supercontinuum generation in optical fibres.

High brightness broadband sources in the 3 µm to 5 µm atmospheric window with good beam quality and divergence are needed for spectroscopy and metrology as well as defense applications. There have been several demonstrations of mid-infrared supercontinuum generation with optical fibers. As part of our project, supercontinuum generation will be done using a picosecond fibre laser system that will be injected into an optical fiber. To obtain good supercontinuum conversion efficiency, the fibre based laser system should be powerful Erbium-doped fibre-based laser source with polarized laser beam. The picosecond fibre based laser system will be incorporated into an existing supercontinuum setup.

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Mandatory Technical Criteria 1 External dimensions of the laser head:

10 dB 6 The pulse duration of the output laser pulse must be : 50 ps ± 30 ps (measured at full width at half maximum intensity) 7 The maximum pulse energy of the output laser pulse must be: > 7 microjoules 8 The repetition rate of the output laser beam must be : 1 MHz ± 0.2 MHz 9 The maximum mean power of the output laser beam must be

> 7 W 10 The maximum peak power of the output laser pulse must be : >

100 kW 11 The spatial profile of the output laser beam must be: M2