Title :
A highly-efficient, 2.9 μm Q-switched Ho/Pr co-doped fiber laser
Author :
Hu, Tomonori ; Hudson, Darren D. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ; Jackson, Stuart D.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
100 ns, 40 W peak power, Q-switched pulses are produced from a holmium-praseodymium co-doped fiber laser with repetition rates from 100-200 kHz. A 20% slope efficiency was achieved with respect to the launched pump power.
Keywords :
Q-switching; fibre lasers; holmium; optical pumping; praseodymium; Ho-Pr; Q-switched co-doped fiber laser; Q-switched pulses; frequency 100 kHz to 200 kHz; holmium-praseodymium co-doped fiber laser; power 40 W; pump power; slope efficiency; time 100 ns; wavelength 2.9 mum; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
