8 ns pulses from a compact fibre laser Q-switched by MOEMS

Author

Fabert, Marc ; Crunteanu, Aurelian ; Kermène, Vincent ; Desfarges-Berthelemot, Agnès ; Bouyge, David ; Blondy, Pierre

Author_Institution

Xlim, Limoges, France

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report on active Q-switching of ytterbium-doped fibre laser using a new type of deformable micro-mirror. This cantilever-type micro-mirror increases the modulation rate of the laser cavity losses while keeping a high actuating frequency. Hence, we obtained shorter pulses than 10 ns for frequencies up to 50 kHz. The maximum frequency we reached was of 800 kHz with a pulse duration of 100 ns.

Keywords

Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; micro-optomechanical devices; micromirrors; optical losses; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; MOEMS device; cantilever-type micromirror; fibre laser Q-switched pulse; frequency 800 kHz; laser cavity losses; microopto-electromechanical devices; time 10 ns; time 100 ns; time 8 ns; ytterbium-doped fibre laser; Biomembranes; Chromium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Gold; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; (060.3510) Lasers, fibre; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched; (230.4685) Optical microelectromechanical devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225128