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 :
Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong
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 :
Q-switching; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; erbium; fibre lasers; optical saturable absorption; EAM; JkJk:Er; electro-absorption modulator; erbium-doped fiber laser; passively Q-switched fiber laser; saturable absorber; 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 :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453462
