High-power, mode-locked Nd:fibre laser pumped by an injection-locked diode array

13 October 1988

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 24 (21) , 1333-1335
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19880907

Abstract

A neodymium-doped fibre laser has been actively modelocked to produce pulses shorter than 120ps using an intracavity acousto-optic loss modulator. The laser operated at 1.088μm at an average power of 5mW when pumped by an injection-locked diode array, which coupled approximately 40 mW of 0.82 μm into the fibre. A peak pulse power of 1 kW was obtained in Q-switched operation.

Keywords

PEAK PULSE POWER
INTRACAVITY ACOUSTO-OPTIC LOSS MODULATOR
Q-SWITCHED OPERATION
PULSED OPERATION
ND3+-DOPED LOW LOSS FIBRE
OPTICAL FIBRES
INJECTION-LOCKED DIODE ARRAY
5 MW
ACTIVELY MODE-LOCKED
FIBRE LASER
1.088 MICRON
OPTICAL PUMPING
1 KW
120 PS

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