Title :
Single-frequency passively Q-switched Er:YAG laser
Author :
Terekhov, Yuri ; Martyshkin, Dmitri V. ; Fedorov, Vladimir V. ; Moskalev, Igor ; Mirov, Sergey B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Abstract :
Passive Q-Switching of Er-fiber-Er:YAG hybrid laser was realized by Cr:ZnSe saturable absorber. Single- and multi-modes regimes of operation were analyzed experimentally and theoretically. Preliminary theoretical prediction is in a satisfactory agreement with experimental data.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; chromium; erbium; fibre lasers; laser modes; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; wide band gap semiconductors; yttrium compounds; zinc compounds; Er-YAG:Er; ZnSe:Cr; fiber laser; hybrid laser; multimode operataions; saturable absorber; single-frequency passively Q-switched laser; single-mode operataions; Cavity resonators; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
