Title :
Influence of Sidelobes on Fiber-Bragg-Grating-Based Q-switched Fiber Laser
Author :
Cheng, X.P. ; Zhang, J. ; Shum, P. ; Tang, M. ; Wu, R.F.
Author_Institution :
Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
We analyze the influence of sidelobes on fiber-Bragg-grating (FBG)-based Q-switched fiber laser. Simulation results show the sidelobes of uniform FBG introduce undesired multiple peaks and decrease the output peak power. The experimental results confirm the simulation results.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser beams; Q-switched fiber laser; fiber-Bragg-grating; fiber-bragg-grating-based Q-switched fiber laser; output peak power; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Piezoelectric transducers; Pump lasers; Shape; $Q$-switched lasers; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); fiber lasers; piezoelectric transducer (PZT) ceramics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2007.904920
