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All-solid-state passively Q -switched mode-locked Nd-doped fiber laser

Journal Article · · Optics Letters; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.15.000115· OSTI ID:7245448
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  1. Polaroid Corporation, 38 Henry Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (US)

We report the generation of {ital Q}-switched mode-locked pulses from a Nd-doped fiber laser that uses a solid-state solution of BDN-I dye as the saturable absorber and is pumped by a GaAlAs laser diode. For an absorbed pump power of 110 m W, pulses of 8-nsec duration at a repetition rate of 14 MHz can be generated under an 800-nsec-wide {ital Q}-switched envelope at a repetition rate of 100 kHz, yielding an average output power of 8 m W near 1.06 {mu}m. This corresponds to approximately 9 W of peak power in the main mode-locked pulse.

OSTI ID:
7245448
Journal Information:
Optics Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Optics Letters; (USA) Vol. 15:2; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLED
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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