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
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