High-peak-power, linearly-polarized, diffraction-limited pulses from a large-core Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber for harmonic generation

We frequency doubled, tripled, and quadrupled linearly-polarized, 1062nm-wavelength, 1ns-long, ~9.6kHz-repetition-rate pulses from an Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber amplifier. We obtained pulse peak/average powers of 410kW/4W at 531nm, 160kW/1.5W at 354nm, and 190kW/1.8W at 265.5nm.