Title :
Pulse timing effects in bulk Er/Yb codoped diode-pumped eyesafe lasers
Author :
Georgiou, E. ; Lazarides, N. ; Musset, O. ; Boquillon, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Technol. Educ. Inst. of Crete, Heraklion
Abstract :
In this work, diode-pumping with appropriately modulated pulses is used to expose subtle input / output pulse-timing characteristics of Er3+ /Yb3+ systems, study their relation to laser efficiency and demonstrate some unique laser-pulse timing behavior. Er+3/Yb+3 codoped glass and YAG laser-host materials with similar concentrations (optimized for eyesafe emission in the 1.6-mum region) were studied in the same diode-pumped setup, in similar resonator configurations and analogous operating conditions.
Keywords :
Q-switching; erbium; laser cavity resonators; optical glass; optical pumping; optimisation; solid lasers; ytterbium; Q-switched operation; SiO2:Er,Yb; YAG:Er,Yb; codoped diode-pumped eyesafe lasers; eyesafe emission optimization; laser efficiency; laser output energy; pulse timing effects; resonator configurations; wavelength 1.6 mum; Delay; Diodes; Erbium; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385844
