DISPERSIVELY Q-SWITCHED ER FIBER LASER WITH INTRACAVITY 1.48-MU-M LASER-DIODE AS PUMPING SOURCE AND NONLINEAR MODULATOR

Authors
OKHOTNIKOV OG SALCEDO JR
Citation
Og. Okhotnikov et Jr. Salcedo, DISPERSIVELY Q-SWITCHED ER FIBER LASER WITH INTRACAVITY 1.48-MU-M LASER-DIODE AS PUMPING SOURCE AND NONLINEAR MODULATOR, Electronics Letters, 30(9), 1994, pp. 702-703
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
702 - 703
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:9<702:DQEFLW>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The authors propose and demonstrate a novel mechanism for Q-switching an Er-doped fibre laser at 1.5mum, based on strong mode frequency modu lation of the intracavity pump laser diode under current modulation. T he laser is effectively Q-switched when the diode mode frequency is sw ept through the reflection window of a diffraction grating in the fibr e laser cavity acting as a frequency-dependent reflector.