DocumentCode
521324
Title
375 kW peak power sub-nanosecond passively Q-switched ytterbium doped fiber laser
Author
Pan, Lei ; Utkin, Ilya ; Lan, Ruijun ; Godwal, Yogesh ; Fedosejevs, Robert
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a passively Q-switched ytterbium doped fiber laser with Cr4+:YAG and stimulated Brillouin backscattering. Linearly polarized output with ∼ 375 kW peak power and pulse duration as short as 490 ps have been obtained.
Keywords
Brillouin scattering; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Ytterbium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500940
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