Title :
Cladding pumped Q-switched fiber laser using a tapered fiber saturable absorber
Author :
Moore, Simon W. ; Soh, Daniel B. S. ; Bisson, Scott E. ; Patterson, Brian D. ; Hsu, Wen L.
Author_Institution :
Scindici Nat. Labs., Livermore, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report a passively Q-switched all-fiber laser using a large mode area Yb3+-doped fiber cladding-pumped at 915 nm and an unpumped single-mode Yb3+-doped saturable absorber fiber. 60 μJ 80 ns pulses at 1030 nm are reported.
Keywords :
Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser modes; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; ytterbium; cladding pumped Q-switched fiber laser; energy 60 muJ; large mode area Yb3+-doped fiber; tapered fiber saturable absorber; time 80 ns; unpumped single-mode Yb3+-doped saturable absorber fiber; wavelength 915 nm to 1030 nm; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
