Analysis of bulk and nanostructured passive Q-switches for erbium laser oscillators

Sorin Miclos; Ion Lancranjan; Roxana Savastru; Dan Savastru

doi:10.1117/12.2032266

10 June 2013 Analysis of bulk and nanostructured passive Q-switches for erbium laser oscillators

Sorin Miclos, Ion Lancranjan, Roxana Savastru, Dan Savastru

Proceedings Volume 8882, ROMOPTO 2012: Tenth Conference on Optics: Micro- to Nanophotonics III; 888205 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032266
Event: ROMOPTO International Conference on Micro- to Nano-Photonics III, 2012, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

Numerical simulation results obtained in investigating the generation of laser pulses with 1.55 μm wavelength generated by an Er³⁺, Er³⁺-Yb³⁺ or Cr³⁺-Yb³⁺-Er³⁺ laser or fiber laser oscillator operated in passive optical Q-switching regime are presented. Three types of passive optical Q-switch cell are investigated: the usual one based on Co²⁺ or UO² embedded in different hosts; the second consisting of Co²⁺ nano-crystals. The spectroscopic characteristics of these Q-switch cells are analyzed and correlated with criteria obtained with a numerical simulation procedure based on solving a rate equation system.

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Sorin Miclos, Ion Lancranjan, Roxana Savastru, and Dan Savastru "Analysis of bulk and nanostructured passive Q-switches for erbium laser oscillators", Proc. SPIE 8882, ROMOPTO 2012: Tenth Conference on Optics: Micro- to Nanophotonics III, 888205 (10 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2032266

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