Q-switching of a thulium-doped fibre laser using a holmium-doped fibre saturable absorber

Journal Article · Fri Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2014V044N01ABEH015310· OSTI ID:22373619

Sadovnikova, Ya E; Kamynin, V A; Kurkov, A S ^[1]; Medvedkov, O I ^[2]; Marakulin, A V; Minashina, L A ^[3]

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1. A M Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
2. Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
3. E.I. Zababakhin All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Technical Physics, Russian Federal Nuclear Centre, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region (Russian Federation)

We have proposed and demonstrated a new passively Q-switched thulium-doped fibre laser configuration. A distinctive feature of this configuration is the use of a heavily holmium-doped fibre for Q-switching. Lasing was obtained at 1.96 μm, with a pulse energy of 3 μJ and pulse duration of 600 ns. The highest pulse repetition rate was 80 kHz. (control of laser radiation parameters)

• OSTI ID: 22373619
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 44, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
DOPED MATERIALS
FIBERS
HOLMIUM
KHZ RANGE 01-100
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
PULSES
Q-SWITCHING
THULIUM