Title :
Broadly tunable actively Q-switched ytterbium fiber laser with high repetition rate
Author :
Engelbrecht, M. ; Wandt, D. ; Fallnich, C.
Author_Institution :
Laser Zentrum Hannover eV, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate a Q-switched ytterbium fiber oscillator with a tunability of 35 nm and a peak power up to 360 W. With this configuration pulse energies of 144 pJ were generated at a repetition rate of 10 kHz and 102 pJ at 20 kHz.
Keywords :
Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; 102 pJ; 144 pJ; active Q-switched ytterbium fiber laser oscillator; laser pulse generation; laser tuning; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568292
