A self-Q-switched all-fiber erbium laser at 1530 nm using an auxiliary 1570-nm erbium laser.
We demonstrate a self-Q-switched, all-fiber, tunable, erbium laser at 1530 nm with high pulse repetition rates of 0.9-10 kHz. Through the use of an auxiliary 10-mW, 1570 nm laser that shortened the relaxation time of erbium, sequentially Q-switched pulses with pulse energies between 4 and 6 microJ and pulse widths of 40 ns were steadily achieved. A peak pulse power of 165 W was obtained.
Tsai
Tzong-Yow
TY
Institute of Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan. tzongyow@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Fang
Yen-Cheng
YC
D004867:Equipment Design; D004871:Erbium / Q000737:chemistry*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D007834:Lasers; D055100:Optical Fibers; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors
D004871:Erbium