Mode-lock, Q-switch and CW operation of an Yb-doped double-clad fiber ring laser

被引：79

作者：

Hideur, A

Chartier, T

Brunel, M

Salhi, M

Özkul, C

Sanchez, F

机构：

[1] Univ Angers, UMR 6136, Lab POMA, F-49000 Angers, France

[2] Univ Rouen, UMR 6614, G2O, CORIA, F-76821 Mont St Aignan, France

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2001年 / 198卷 / 1-3期

关键词：

double-clad fiber laser; nonlinear polarization rotation; mode locking; Q-switching;

D O I：

10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01485-7

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We investigate the dynamics of a high power unidirectional Yb-doped fiber ring laser with an intracavity polarizer placed between two halfwave plates. We show that, depending on the respective orientation of the phase plates, the laser operates in different regimes: CW, Q-switched, mode locked, or unstable. The passive method exposed here allows us to choose the operating regime of the laser by a simple rotation of a halfwave plate. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：141 / 146

页数：6

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