Title :
High repetition rate passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser incorporating an electro-absorption modulator
Author :
Xu, Lixin ; Lui, L. F K ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Tam, H.Y. ; Lu, Chao
Author_Institution :
Photonics Research Centre and Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, China
Abstract :
We report a novel passively Q-switched fiber laser using an electro-absorption modulator (EAM) as a saturable absorber. The fast response time of the EAM enables the Q-switched fiber laser to operate at high repetition rate.
Keywords :
Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431239
