High-peak-power double-clad Yb-doped Q-switched fiber laser with a broad tuning range

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作者
Lu, FY [1 ]
Dai, WT [1 ]
Fan, YX [1 ]
Hu, SL [1 ]
Xu, ZG [1 ]
Dong, FJ [1 ]
Wang, HJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Nankai Univ, Inst Phys, Tianjin 300071, Peoples R China
来源
HIGH-POWER LASERS AND APPLICATIONS II | 2002年 / 4914卷
关键词
clad pumping; fiber laser; Q switching;
D O I
10.1117/12.481823
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A compact Q-switched diode-pumped double-clad Yb3+-doped fiber laser was described. By using conventional Q-switching technique and exploiting nonlinearity in the core of the gain fiber, the laser operated at a repetition rate of 1.5kHz with an peak power over 13.3kW, pulse width of 5.2ns and pulse energy of 80 mu J. The output wavelength was tunable from 1080nm to 1119nm with a line width less than 0.2nm.
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页码:339 / 343
页数:5
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