• DocumentCode
    796435
  • Title

    High repetition rate passively Q-switched Nd3+:Cr4+ all-fibre laser

  • Author

    Tordella, L. ; Djellout, H. ; Dussardier, B. ; Saïssy, A. ; Monnom, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Phys. de la Matiere Condensee, CNRS-Univ. de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    1307
  • Lastpage
    1308
  • Abstract
    A passively Q-switched fibre laser comprising an Nd3+-doped gain fibre spliced to a new Cr4+-doped saturable absorber fibre delivers 0.3 nm-bandwidth continuous pulsed laser beam at 1084 nm, with 38 to 84 kHz repetition rate, and 3.0 to 6.4 μs pulse duration.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; chromium; fibre lasers; neodymium; 1084 nm; 3.0 to 6.4 mus; 38 to 84 kHz; Cr4+-doped saturable absorber fibre; Nd3+-doped gain fibre; all-fibre laser; continuous pulsed laser beam; high repetition rate laser; passively Q-switched laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20030802
  • Filename
    1234611