• DocumentCode
    1654992
  • Title

    Suppression of Q-switching in a Yb-doped fiber laser

  • Author

    Leger, James ; Nilsson, Johan ; Ji, Junhua

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Q-switching in a Yb-doped fiber laser is quenched by providing an alternative lasing wavelength to prevent inversion build-up. 98 % of the non Q-switched power is preserved while completely eliminating the Q-switched pulse.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; fibre lasers; ytterbium; Q-switched pulse; Q-switching; Yb-doped fiber laser; alternative lasing wavelength; nonQ-switched power; Cavity resonators; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Modulation; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325711
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1654992