• DocumentCode
    2786962
  • Title

    High-repetition-rate passively Q-switched ytterbium doped fiber laser with Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber

  • Author

    Pan, Lei ; Utkin, Ilya ; Fedosejevs, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2V4, Canada
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a passively Q-switched ytterium doped double-clad fiber laser with Cr4+: YAG saturable absorber. At a pump power of 9.8W, 143ns duration output pulses with 18.5µJ energy are obtained at a repetition rate of 253KHz.
  • Keywords
    Brillouin scattering; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ytterbium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431303
  • Filename
    4431303