• DocumentCode
    688652
  • Title

    Cladding pumped Q-switched fiber laser using a tapered fiber saturable absorber

  • Author

    Moore, Simon W. ; Soh, Daniel B. S. ; Bisson, Scott E. ; Patterson, Brian D. ; Hsu, Wen L.

  • Author_Institution
    Scindici Nat. Labs., Livermore, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a passively Q-switched all-fiber laser using a large mode area Yb3+-doped fiber cladding-pumped at 915 nm and an unpumped single-mode Yb3+-doped saturable absorber fiber. 60 μJ 80 ns pulses at 1030 nm are reported.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser modes; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; ytterbium; cladding pumped Q-switched fiber laser; energy 60 muJ; large mode area Yb3+-doped fiber; tapered fiber saturable absorber; time 80 ns; unpumped single-mode Yb3+-doped saturable absorber fiber; wavelength 915 nm to 1030 nm; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833027
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=688652