Supercontinuum Q-switched Yb fiber laser using an intracavity microstructured fiber.
We report on an intracavity configuration for supercontinuum generation in a Q-switched Yb fiber laser. The supercontinuum laser includes a section of microstructured fiber within the Q-switched laser cavity. With 380 mW of pump power, the supercontinuum laser can emit broadband pulses of 6 microJ energy and 10 ns temporal width, at repetition rates from few hertz up to 2 kHz. The supercontinuum spectrum spans over a wavelength range in excess of 1.4 microm.
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Departamento de Física Aplicada-ICMUV, Universidad de Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
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