Title :
All-fiber passively Q-switched fiber laser based on the multimode interference effect
Author :
Shijie Fu ; Quan Sheng ; Xiushan Zhu ; Wei Shi ; Jianquan Yao ; Norwood, R.A. ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Precision Instrum. & Optoelectron. Eng., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
An all-fiber passively Q-switched Er-Yb co-doped fiber laser (EYDFL) using a single mode-multimode-single mode (SMS) fiber structure based on the multimode interference (MMI) effect was proposed and experimentally demonstrated for the first time.
Keywords :
Q-switching; erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser modes; ytterbium; EYDFL; MMI; SMS; all-fiber passively Q-switched Er-Yb co-doped fiber laser; multimode interference effect; single mode-multimode-single mode fiber structure; Band-pass filters; Interference; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
