• DocumentCode
    2402621
  • Title

    Passively Q-switched Yb:Er:glass laser

  • Author

    Prasad, Narasimha S. ; Tousley, LTC Brad ; Shori, Ramesh K. ; Stone-Sundberg, Jennifer ; Kokta, Milan

  • Author_Institution
    Coherent Technol. Inc., Louisville, CO, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    941
  • Abstract
    In this paper we have demonstrated pulsed operation of the Yb:Er:glass solid-state laser operating at 1543 nm using passive q-switching scheme. The Yb:Er:glass gain medium was end pumped using a 10 W fiber-coupled 980 nm laser diode.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; erbium; optical fibre couplers; optical glass; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; 10 W; 1543 nm; 980 nm; Yb:Er:glass laser pulsed operation; fiber-coupled laser diode; laser pumping; passive Q-switching; solid-state laser operation; Assembly; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical control; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253114
  • Filename
    1253114