Title :
Q-switched and single polarisation laser diode pumped Nd3+ doped fibre lasers
Author :
Barnes, W.L. ; Lin, J.T. ; Reekie, L. ; Taylor, D.J. ; Jauncey, I.M. ; Poole, S.B. ; Payne, D.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Fibre lasers are attractive candidates as sources for fibre devices. Certain applications, such as distributed sensing, require short duration pulses of reasonable energy ~1 μJ: other applications, for example current monitors, require single polarisation operation. The authors demonstrate that both requirements can be met by diode pumped fibre lasers. Results are present for Nd3+ doped silica fibres, fabricated by the solution doping technique
Keywords :
Q-switching; fibre optics; light polarisation; neodymium; optical fibres; optical pumping; solid lasers; Q-switched diode pumped fibre lasers; SiO2:Nd3+; current monitors; diode pumped fibre lasers; distributed sensing; fibre devices; single polarisation diode pumped fibre lasers; solution doping technique;
Conference_Titel :
All-Fibre Devices, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
