SUPERCONTINUUM SELF-Q-SWITCHED YTTERBIUM FIBER LASER

Authors
CHERNIKOV SV ZHU Y TAYLOR JR GAPONTSEV VP
Citation
Sv. Chernikov et al., SUPERCONTINUUM SELF-Q-SWITCHED YTTERBIUM FIBER LASER, Optics letters, 22(5), 1997, pp. 298-300
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
298 - 300
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:5<298:SSYFL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We have discovered a new mechanism for passive Q switching of fiber la sers. 10-kW peak power pulses with similar to 2-ns pulse widths are re ported from a diode-pumped ytterbium-doped fiber laser. The laser gene rates a high-brightness Raman-dominated supercontinuum spectrum coveri ng the complete window of transparency of silica fiber in the infrared from 1.06 to 2.3 mu m. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.