Published January 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Tm–Ho co-doped fiber-based high repetition rate passive Q-switching of an Er-doped fiber laser

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024 (China)

Description

An all-fiber Q-switched Er-doped laser is built with a ring cavity. Stable Q-switching is demonstrated with a Tm–Ho co-doped fiber saturable absorber. The maximum repetition rate of the laser system reaches 42 kHz, which is much larger than that with Tm singly doped fiber saturable absorbers. Analysis shows that interaction between thulium and holmium ions is the main reason for this high repetition rate operation. (letter)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1612-2011/11/1/015103

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser physics letters (Internet)
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1612-202X