• DocumentCode
    1971991
  • Title

    Passive Q-switching at 1.54 μm of an Er:glass laser with a Co2+:LaMgAl11O19 saturable absorber

  • Author

    Chen, Li ; Luan, Fei ; Zhang, Huan-Jin ; He, Dong-Bing ; Yu, Chun-Lei ; Hu, Li-Li ; Chen, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Key Lab. of Mater. Sci. & Technol. for High Power Lasers, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated a passive Q-switched Er:glass laser with a Co2+:LaMgAl11O19(Co:LMA) saturable absorber. The absorption spectrum of Co:LMA was studied. Q-switched single pulse and double pulses were observed under different pumping energies.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; cobalt; erbium; lanthanum compounds; magnesium compounds; optical glass; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; LaMgAl11O19:Co; SiO2:Er; glass laser; optical saturable absorber; passive Q-switching; solid lasers; wavelength 1.54 mum; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Co:LMA; Er:glass laser; Passive Q-switching;
  • 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
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3830-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292222
  • Filename
    5292222