Title :
Q-switched thulium doped photonic crystal fiber laser as a source for nonlinear generation
Author :
Kadwani, Pankaj ; Modshing, Norbert ; Sims, R. Andrew ; Leick, Lasse ; Broeng, Jes ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, CREOL, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We report a Q-switched thulium doped polarizing photonic crystal fiber producing 435 μJ, 49 ns pulses at 10 kHz. The 8.9 kW peak power is the highest of any nanosecond Tm:fiber oscillator published to date.
Keywords :
Q-switching; fibre lasers; holey fibres; optical fibre polarisation; optical pulse generation; photonic crystals; thulium; Q-switching; Tm:fiber oscillator; energy 435 muJ; frequency 10 kHz; nonlinear generation; optical pulse generation; power 8.9 kW; thulium doped polarizing photonic crystal fiber; time 49 ns; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
