Kolpakov, Stanislav A., Sergeyev, Sergey, Mou, Chengbo, Gordon, Neil T. and Zhou, Kaiming (2014). Optimization of erbium-doped actively Q-switched fiber laser implemented in symmetric configuration. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 20 (5),
Abstract
We report the results of an experimental study aimed at improving the performance of actively Q-switched fiber lasers. Unlike generic design schemes employing photonic crystal fibers, largemodal diameter fibers or double-clad fibers, we demonstrate a high-power, actively Q-switched laser based on standard com- munication erbium doped fibers with peak irradiance beyond the state-of-the-art at 3.1 GW/cm2 . The laser had 2.2 kW peak power, 15.5 ns pulse duration and 36.8 µJ pulse energy. We have also investigated the dynamics of pulse generation and have success- fully suppressed pulse instabilities caused by backscattered laser emission reaching the pump laser diodes.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2301015 |
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| Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | active Q-switching,erbium-doped fiber laser,fiber lasers,giant pulse,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics |
| Publication ISSN: | 1077-260X |
| Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2024 08:06 |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2014 13:50 |
| Full Text Link: |
http://ieeexplo ... rnumber=6714372 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
| Published Date: | 2014-09 |
| Published Online Date: | 2014-01-16 |
| Authors: |
Kolpakov, Stanislav A.
(
0000-0001-6947-8289)
Sergeyev, Sergey (
0000-0002-1515-5019)
Mou, Chengbo (
0000-0001-6107-3439)
Gordon, Neil T. (
0000-0002-1474-9739)
Zhou, Kaiming (
0000-0002-6011-1912)
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