• DocumentCode
    1770841
  • Title

    Agile tunable Q-switched thulium-doped silica fiber laser

  • Author

    Gutty, Francois ; Grisard, Arnaud ; Larat, Christian ; Papillon-Ruggeri, Dominique ; Lallier, Eric

  • Author_Institution
    Thales Res. & Technol., Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a Q-switched thulium-doped fiber laser up to 20 kHz with fast tunability over 100 nm without any movable part. Emitted pulses have energies above 10 μJ and peak powers up to 400 W.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser tuning; silicon compounds; thulium; Q-switched thulium-doped silica fiber laser; SiO2:Tm; agile tunable thulium-doped silica fiber laser; fast tunability; peak powers; pulse energies; Cavity resonators; Chemical lasers; Diffraction; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989128