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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
