Title :
Advanced configuration of diode-pumped erbium fibre laser with Co2+:ZnSe crystal as saturable absorber
Author :
Filippov, V.N. ; Kir´yanov, A.V.
Author_Institution :
Centro de Investigacion y en Opt. AC, Leon, Mexico
Abstract :
An advanced design of a diode-pumped passively Q-switched erbium fiber laser with a Co2+:ZnSe crystal as a saturable absorber is reported. The laser giant-pulse operation is obtained with threshold of 8.3 mW, repetition rate of pulses of 235 kHz, and pulse energy, peak power and duration of 15 nJ, 45 mW, and 350 ns, respectively.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; cobalt; fibre lasers; optical materials; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; 15 nJ; 235 kHz; 350 ns; 45 mW; 8.3 mW; Co2+:ZnSe crystal; Er; ZnSe:Co; diode-pumped erbium fibre laser; laser giant-pulse operation; passively Q-switched laser; saturable absorber; Diodes; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Zinc compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1276985
