Title :
Passive Q-switching at 1.54 μm of an Er:glass laser with a Co2+:LaMgAl11O19 saturable absorber
Author :
Chen, Li ; Luan, Fei ; Zhang, Huan-Jin ; He, Dong-Bing ; Yu, Chun-Lei ; Hu, Li-Li ; Chen, Wei
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Mater. Sci. & Technol. for High Power Lasers, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a passive Q-switched Er:glass laser with a Co2+:LaMgAl11O19(Co:LMA) saturable absorber. The absorption spectrum of Co:LMA was studied. Q-switched single pulse and double pulses were observed under different pumping energies.
Keywords :
Q-switching; cobalt; erbium; lanthanum compounds; magnesium compounds; optical glass; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; LaMgAl11O19:Co; SiO2:Er; glass laser; optical saturable absorber; passive Q-switching; solid lasers; wavelength 1.54 mum; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Co:LMA; Er:glass laser; Passive Q-switching;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292222
