Novel Q-switching method with mechanical all-fiber module

被引:24
作者
Gong, M. [1 ]
Peng, B. [1 ]
Liu, Q. [1 ]
Yan, P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Precis Instruments & Mechanol, Ctr Photon & Elect, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
关键词
Yb fiber laser; active Q-switch; optical fiber losses;
D O I
10.1002/lapl.200810063
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We propose a novel mechanical method tp produce laser pulses. The laser cavity includes two pieces of fibers, and at least one of them is active fiber acing as gain medium. A piezo-electric actuator is utilized to modulate the transmitted power between the fibers, and thus changed the round-trip loss in the fiber laser cavity Q-switching pulses are successfully achieved up to the repetition rate of 10 kHz. Output pulses with 412 ns width and 10 mW average power are obtained at 200 Hz repetition rate.
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页码:733 / 736
页数:4
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