Title :
Tandem fiber laser: Injected laser versus double pass amplifier
Author :
Bello-Doua, Ramatou ; Salin, Francois ; Freysz, Eric
Author_Institution :
EOLITE, Pessac
Abstract :
We coupled two laser fibers to provide two 6.7 ns, coherent, synchronized, adjustable, diffraction limited, Q-switched laser pulses with up to 120 kW peak power at repetition rates between 10 and 100 kHz.
Keywords :
Q-switching; optical fibre amplifiers; synchronisation; Q-switching; double pass amplifier; frequency 10 kHz to 100 kHz; injected laser; power 120 kW; synchronization; tandem fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and laser; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9