• DocumentCode
    1968699
  • Title

    Specialty-fiber hybrid laser system: A ~1-mJ, 1-ns Output at a multi-kHz repetition rate

  • Author

    Kir´yanov, A.V. ; Klimentov, S.M. ; Mel´nikov, I.V. ; Shestakov, A.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Optolink Ltd., Moscow, Russia
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a compact laser system made of a hybrid Q-switched Nd3+:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser seeding an Yb-doped specialty-fiber amplifier with gain factor as high as 20-25 dB achieved for nanosecond single-mode pulses at 1-10-kHz repetition rate.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical fibre amplifiers; YAG:Cr4+; YAG:Nd3+; Yb-doped specialty-fiber amplifier; compact laser system; hybrid Q-switched laser; microchip laser; multikHz repetition rate; nanosecond single-mode pulses; specialty-fiber hybrid laser system; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Region 8; Robustness; fiber lasers and amplifiers; specialty fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3829-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292066
  • Filename
    5292066
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1968699