Pavlov, I.Ilbey, E.Dulgergil, E.Bayri, A.Ilday, F. O.2015-07-282015-07-2820121094-4087http://hdl.handle.net/11693/13219We demonstrate an all-fiber-integrated, high-power chirped-pulse-amplification system operating at 1550 nm. The seed source is a soliton fiber laser with 156 MHz repetition rate. Two-stage single mode amplifier provides an amplification of more than 40 dB without significant spontaneous amplified emission. The power amplifier is based on cladding-pumped 10 mu m-core Er-Yb co-doped fiber, the output of which was spliced into standard singlemode fiber. We obtain 10 W average power in a strictly singlemode operation. After dechirping with a grating compressor, near transform-limited, 450 fs-long pulses are obtained. The laser source exhibits excellent short and long-term intensity stability, with relative intensity noise measurements characterizing the short-term stability. (C) 2012 Optical Society of AmericaEnglishArea Erbium FiberPicosecond PulsesAmplificationNoiseArticle10.1364/OE.20.009471