• DocumentCode
    499186
  • Title

    Polarization rotation in a nanosecond Yb3+ rod-type fiber amplifier

  • Author

    Bello-Doua, Ramatou ; Salin, François ; Freysz, Eric

  • Author_Institution
    EOLITE, Pessac, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We evidenced the polarization rotation in an Yb3+ rod type fiber amplifier injected by a subnanosecond microlaser. Simple numerical simulations account for the observed phenomena.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; micro-optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical rotation; ytterbium; Yb3+; polarization rotation; rod-type fiber amplifier; subnanosecond microlaser; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and laser; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched; (190.4720) Optical nonlinearities of condensed matter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224265