Short pulse and high repetition rate actively Q-switched all-in-fibre laser.

Authors :: Lecourt, J.-B.
Bertrand, A.
Hernandez, Y.
Giannone, D.
Source :: Electronics Letters (Institution of Engineering & Technology). 3/4/2010, Vol. 46 Issue 5, p365-367. 3p. 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: An actively Q-switched, 1.05 µm fibre laser delivering 10 ns pulses with high repetition rate (tunable in the range 100 kHz – 1 MHz) is reported. These are believed to be the shortest pulses and highest repetition rates demonstrated to date from an actively Q-switched all-in-fibre laser. Pulse energies between 3 and 28 µJ have been achieved directly from the oscillator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]