8-ns Q-switched fiber laser using resonant saturable absorber mirror

Tommi Hakulinen; Oleg G. Okhotnikov

doi:10.1117/12.779960

16 April 2008 8-ns Q-switched fiber laser using resonant saturable absorber mirror

Tommi Hakulinen, Oleg G. Okhotnikov

Proceedings Volume 6998, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III; 699803 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779960
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2008, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

We demonstrate that resonant high-modulation-depth saturable absorbers allow efficient pulse shortening in Q-switched lasers. Using a 70% modulation depth resonant saturable absorber mirror we achieved 8 ns pulses that are close to the limit set by the cavity length and are, to our knowledge, the shortest pulses demonstrated to date from passively Qswitched fiber lasers.

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Tommi Hakulinen and Oleg G. Okhotnikov "8-ns Q-switched fiber laser using resonant saturable absorber mirror", Proc. SPIE 6998, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III, 699803 (16 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779960

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