• DocumentCode
    2234595
  • Title

    Single frequency actively Q-switched 2 μm fiber laser by using highly Tm-doped germanate fiber

  • Author

    Shi, Wei ; Petersen, Eliot B. ; Moor, Nick ; Chavez-Pirson, Arturo ; Peyghambarian, Nasser

  • Author_Institution
    NP Photonics Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a unique all-fiber single-frequency actively Q-switched laser operating at ~1920 nm by using a piezo to press the fiber in the fiber Bragg grating cavity and modulate the fiber birefringence, enabling Q-switching.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; Q-switching; birefringence; optical fibre amplifiers; thulium; fiber Bragg grating cavity; fiber birefringence; highly germanate fiber; single frequency actively q-switched fiber laser; size 2 mum; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950403