CAVITY DUMPING OF NEODYMIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS USING AN ACOUSTOOPTIC MODULATOR

被引:6
作者
ABDULHALIM, I
PANNELL, CN
JEDRZEJEWSKI, KP
TAYLOR, ER
机构
[1] Optoelectronics Research Centre-Optical Fibre Group, Southampton University, Southampton, SO9 5NH, Highfield
关键词
Cavity dumping;
D O I
10.1007/BF00304999
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report high-repetition-rate pulses obtained by cavity dumping of a neodymium-doped phosphate glass fibre laser operating at 1053 nm using a specially constructed acoustooptic modulator. With 27 mW absorbed pump power at 812 nm we obtained stable trains of output pulses with repetition rate in the range 0.5 to 8 MHz having corresponding pulse widths in the range 127 to 19 ns without significant sacrifice in the average output power of 8 mW.
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页码:997 / 1001
页数:5
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