• DocumentCode
    3002971
  • Title

    Dynamics of All-Fiber Self-Q-switched Ytterbium/Samarium Laser

  • Author

    Fotiadi, Andrei A. ; Kurkov, Andrei S. ; Razdobreev, Igor M.

  • Author_Institution
    Service d´´Electromagnetisme et de Telecommun., Mons
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have explored self-Q-switched operation of the fiber laser comprising ytterbium and samarium fibers in the cavity. Regular pulses are attainable at any wavelength within the gain spectrum. Dynamics of pulsation involves polarization mode switching.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; light polarisation; ytterbium compounds; Yb-Sm; all-fiber self-Q-switched ytterbium-samarium laser; laser cavity; laser dynamics; laser gain spectrum; polarization mode switching; Samarium; Ytterbium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452479
  • Filename
    4452479