HIGH-POWER ER-YB+3 CO-DOPED GLASS WAVE-GUIDE Q-SWITCHED LASER(3)

Authors
YENIAY A DELAVAUX JMP TOULOUSE J BARBIER D STRASSER TA PEDRAZANNI JR
Citation
A. Yeniay et al., HIGH-POWER ER-YB+3 CO-DOPED GLASS WAVE-GUIDE Q-SWITCHED LASER(3), Electronics Letters, 33(21), 1997, pp. 1792-1794
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
21
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1792 - 1794
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:21<1792:HECGWQ>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Using a Q-switched Er+3-Yb+3 co-doped glass waveguide laser, the autho rs have obtained 67 W peak power and 200 ns wide optical pulses with a pulse energy of 13.4 mu J for a 7 m long cavity at a 1 kHz repetition rate. The dependence of the pulsewidth on the cavity length has also been investigated, and indicated that integration of this laser in a 1 0 cm long cavity would provide 2 ns wide optical pulses with 7 kW peak power.