Q-switched thulium-doped photonic crystal fiber laser

被引：30

作者：

Kadwani, Pankaj ^{[1
,2
]}

Modsching, Norbert ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Sims, R. Andrew ^{[1
,2
]}

Leick, Lasse ^{[4
]}

Broeng, Jes ^{[4
]}

Shah, Lawrence ^{[1
,2
]}

Richardson, Martin ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Coll Opt & Photon, Townes Laser Inst, Orlando, FL 32816 USA

[2] Coll Opt & Photon, CREOL, Orlando, FL 32816 USA

[3] W Saxon Univ Appl Sci, D-08056 Zwickau, Germany

[4] NKT Photon AS, DK-3460 Birkerod, Denmark

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 37卷 / 10期

关键词：

MU-M; ENERGY;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.37.001664

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report a novel, Tm-doped photonic crystal fiber (PCF) actively Q-switched oscillator that provides similar to 8.9 kW peak power with 435 mu J, 49 ns pulses at 10 kHz repetition rate at 2 mu m wavelength. This fiber has a mode-field area >1000 mu m(2), the largest of any flexible PCF providing diffraction-limited beam quality to the best of our knowledge. As an application, the oscillator is used as pump to generate >350 nm broadening in similar to 50 m of SMF-28 fiber. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：1664 / 1666

页数：3

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