DocumentCode
689547
Title
Generation and amplification of stable nanosecond pulses in a thulium-doped fiber laser
Author
Jiang Liu ; Pu Wang
Author_Institution
Inst. of Laser Eng., Beijing Univ. of Technol., Beijing, China
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrated that SESAM mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser produced stable nanosecond pulses from 2.5ns to 12.5ns at repetition rates between 1.72MHz and 258kHz. Average power of 5.6W at 1942nm was obtained by two-stage all-fiber amplifiers.
Keywords
laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; thulium; SESAM mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser; frequency 1.72 MHz to 258 kHz; power 5.6 W; repetition rate; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; stable nanosecond pulse amplification; stable nanosecond pulse generation; time 2.5 ns to 12.5 ns; two-stage all-fiber amplifiers; wavelength 1942 nm; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833933
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