• 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