20 ns smooth pulse generation in single mode actively Q-switched double clad Yb-doped fiber laser

Patrick Beaure d'Augères (1, 2) , Alain Mugnier (1) , David Pureur (2, 1) , Thierry Chartier (2)

1 QSA - Quantel-Lannion
2 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

We theoretically and experimentally study smooth and short pulse generation in Q-switched Ytterbium-doped fiber laser. 20 ns pulses, with 115 microjoules energy at 20 kHz, are reached for the first time in single mode configuration.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Patrick Beaure d'Augères, Alain Mugnier, David Pureur, Thierry Chartier. 20 ns smooth pulse generation in single mode actively Q-switched double clad Yb-doped fiber laser. Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics / European Quantum Electronics Conference 2009 (CLEO Europe/EQEC 2009), Jun 2009, Munich, Germany. pp.CJ.P.30, ⟨10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192859⟩. ⟨hal-00496408⟩