High power Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser

The design rules and experiments with the Q-switched Er/sup 3+/ fiber laser are presented. The optimization of the fiber parameters resulted in 230 W/8 ns pulses for 250 mW of green pumping power, the highest peak power combined with such short pulses ever demonstrated for this type of laser. Self-m...

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Published in:IEEE journal of quantum electronics 1992-01, Vol.28 (1), p.371-377
Main Authors: Myslinski, P., Chrostowski, J., Koningstein, J.A., Simpson, J.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ALLOYS
DOPED MATERIALS
Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers
EMISSION SPECTRA
ENGINEERING
Erbium
ERBIUM ADDITIONS
ERBIUM ALLOYS
Erbium-doped fiber lasers
Exact sciences and technology
FIBERS
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Laser excitation
LASER MATERIALS
Laser mode locking
LASERS
Lenses
MATERIALS
MODE LOCKING
OPERATION
Optical design
OPTICAL FIBERS
Optical pulse generation
Optical pulses
Optics
OPTIMIZATION
Physics
Power lasers
Pump lasers
Q-SWITCHING
RARE EARTH ADDITIONS
RARE EARTH ALLOYS
SPECTRA 426002 > Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
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Summary:The design rules and experiments with the Q-switched Er/sup 3+/ fiber laser are presented. The optimization of the fiber parameters resulted in 230 W/8 ns pulses for 250 mW of green pumping power, the highest peak power combined with such short pulses ever demonstrated for this type of laser. Self-mode-locked operation is also reported. The performance of the Q-switched laser is analyzed as a function of fiber length, pulse repetition rate, and pumping conditions.< >
ISSN:0018-9197
1558-1713
DOI:10.1109/3.119537