• DocumentCode
    2801137
  • Title

    Microchip laser with specialty-fiber amplifier with 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., Zelenograd, Russia
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • 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; laser beams; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical fibre amplifiers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; YAG:Nd3+; energy 1 mJ; hybrid Q-switched microchip laser; nanosecond single-mode pulses; optical fiber amplifier; time 1 ns; Diodes; Laboratories; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Neodymium; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Robustness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192899
  • Filename
    5192899
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2801137