Q-switching of a diode cladding-pumped Erbium Fibrelaser at 2.7 μm

被引：6
作者：
Huber, T
Lüthy, W
Weber, HP
Hochstrasser, DF
机构：
[1] Univ Bern, Inst Appl Phys, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
[2] Hop Cantonal Univ Geneva, Lab Cent Chim Clin, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
来源：
OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 1999年 / 31卷 / 11期
关键词：
cladding-pumping; Q-switching; fibrelaser; erbium;
D O I：
10.1023/A:1007058627533
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
Reliable Q-switched operation of a cladding-pumped 2.7 mu m ZBLAN fibre laser in the range of the power limit of self-destruction is shown for the first time. The laser is pumped by a multimode diode. Q-switching is achieved by two different techniques: a rotating mirror and an acousto-optical modulator. Pulse widths of 500 ns with the rotating mirror and 300 ns (FWHM) with the acousto-optical modulator and pulse energies in the mu J range are achieved.
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页码：1171 / 1177
页数：7
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