Title :
High-repetition-rate passively Q-switched ytterbium doped fiber laser with Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber
Author :
Pan, Lei ; Utkin, Ilya ; Fedosejevs, Robert
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2V4, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate a passively Q-switched ytterium doped double-clad fiber laser with Cr4+: YAG saturable absorber. At a pump power of 9.8W, 143ns duration output pulses with 18.5µJ energy are obtained at a repetition rate of 253KHz.
Keywords :
Brillouin scattering; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431303
