• DocumentCode
    3022546
  • 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
    Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a passively Q-switched ytterbium doped double-clad fiber laser with Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber. At a pump power of 9.8 W, 143 ns duration output pulses with 18.5 muJ energy are obtained at a repetition rate of 253 KHz.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; chromium; fibre lasers; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; yttrium compounds; Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber; YAG:Cr; frequency 253 kHz; high-repetition-rate passively Q-switched ytterbium doped fiber laser; power 9.8 W; pump power; repetition rate; time 2.7 ns; Chromium; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ytterbium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453526
  • Filename
    4453526
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3022546