Published December 2013 | Version v1
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Self-Q-switching of a bismuth-doped germanosilicate fiber laser operating at 1.46 μm

Creators

  • 1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 130-743 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119333 (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances, RAS, 49 Troponin Street, 603600 Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Federation)

Description

A self-Q-switched bismuth-doped germanosilicate fiber laser operating at 1463 nm is demonstrated. This letter experimentally shows that stable Q-switched pulses with a temporal width of ∼1.8 μs at a repetition rate of ∼65 kHz can be obtained from a simple, all-fiberized Fabry–Perot-type cavity without using a saturable absorber. The tuning capability of the temporal characteristics of the output pulses depending on pump power is also investigated. (letter)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1612-2011/10/12/125104

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1612-2011/10/12/125104;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser physics letters (Internet)
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1612-202X

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46051162
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; DOPED MATERIALS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER; GERMANIUM SILICATES; KHZ RANGE; LASER CAVITIES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSES; Q-SWITCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS
Descriptors DEC
FREQUENCY RANGE; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASERS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PUMPING; SILICATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS