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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292066
