DocumentCode
2867846
Title
Q-switched fiber laser based on deformable micro-electro-mechanical mirror
Author
Sabourdy, D. ; Bouyge, D. ; Crunteanu, A. ; Blondy, P. ; Couderc, V. ; Lhermite, J. ; Kermène, V. ; Berthelemot, A. Desfarges ; Grossard, L. ; Barthélemy, A.
Author_Institution
CNRS, Univ. de Limoges, Limoges
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrated active Q-switching of an erbium-doped fiber laser by using an electrostatically actuated deformable metallic micro-mirror. Q-switch operation has been demonstrated with frequencies up to 120 kHz and short pulses down to 300 ns.
Keywords
Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser mirrors; micromirrors; Q-switched; deformable metallic micromirror; electrostatically actuated; erbium doped fiber laser; Biomembranes; Bridge circuits; Electrodes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Mirrors; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Quantum cascade lasers; (140.3410) Laser resonators; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched; (230.4110) Modulators;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628029
Filename
4628029
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