Jay W Dawson

Summary

Affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Analysis of the scalability of diffraction-limited fiber lasers and amplifiers to high average power
    Jay W Dawson
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
    Opt Express 16:13240-66. 2008
  2. ncbi High-gain photonic crystal fiber regenerative amplifier
    Arun Kumar Sridharan
    NIF and Photon Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
    Opt Lett 34:608-10. 2009
  3. ncbi Mode conversion in rectangular-core optical fibers
    Amber L Bullington
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L 592, P O Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA
    Appl Opt 51:84-8. 2012
  4. ncbi Mode-converters for rectangular-core fiber amplifiers to achieve diffraction-limited power scaling
    Arun Kumar Sridharan
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
    Opt Express 20:28792-800. 2012

Collaborators

  • Arun Kumar Sridharan
  • Paul H Pax
  • Amber L Bullington
  • John E Heebner
  • Michael J Messerly
  • J Paul Armstrong
  • Arun K Sridharan
  • Derrek R Drachenberg
  • Paul Pax

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Analysis of the scalability of diffraction-limited fiber lasers and amplifiers to high average power
    Jay W Dawson
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
    Opt Express 16:13240-66. 2008
    ..However, limits to the scaling of the MFD may restrict fiber lasers to lower output powers...
  2. ncbi High-gain photonic crystal fiber regenerative amplifier
    Arun Kumar Sridharan
    NIF and Photon Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
    Opt Lett 34:608-10. 2009
    ..At 8.6 W of input pump power, the amplified output pulse energy is 157 microJ, yielding a gain of 69 dB. To our knowledge, this is the highest gain achieved in a fiber-based regenerative amplifier to date at any wavelength...
  3. ncbi Mode conversion in rectangular-core optical fibers
    Amber L Bullington
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L 592, P O Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA
    Appl Opt 51:84-8. 2012
    ..Propagation of a higher-order mode in a rectangular-core fiber allows for better thermal management and bend-loss immunity than conventional circular-core fibers, extending the power-handling capabilities of optical fibers...
  4. ncbi Mode-converters for rectangular-core fiber amplifiers to achieve diffraction-limited power scaling
    Arun Kumar Sridharan
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
    Opt Express 20:28792-800. 2012
    ..We also demonstrate a mode-converter system that converts a single HOM of a ribbon fiber back to a diffraction-limited TEM(00) mode. Conversion efficiency is a record 80.5%...