Title :
High peak power actively Q-switched Ho3 +, Pr3 +-co-doped fluoride fibre laser
Author :
Hu, Tomonori ; Hudson, Darren D. ; Jackson, Stuart D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
An actively Q-switched diode-pumped Ho3 +, Pr3 +-co-doped fluoride glass fibre laser operating in the first-order diffraction mode is demonstrated. At a repetition a rate of 1 kHz, the laser produces pulses with a maximum peak power of 576 W and a pulse width of 33 ns at an average power of 19 mW at 2.87 μm.
Keywords :
Q-switching; aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; fluoride glasses; holmium; lanthanum compounds; laser modes; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; praseodymium; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; Ho3 +, Pr3 +-codoped fluoride fibre laser; ZBLAN:Ho3+,Pr3+; active Q-switching; diode-pumping; first-order diffraction mode; frequency 1 kHz; maximum peak power; power 19 mW; power 576 W; pulse generation; pulse width; time 33 ns; wavelength 2.87 mum;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.0134
