Short-pulse, high-power Q-switched fiber laser

1 June 1992

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Vol. 4 (6) , 545-547
https://doi.org/10.1109/68.141962

Abstract

A high-power, laser-diode-pumped, Q-switched fiber laser operating at 1.053 mu m which is suitable for use in time-multiplexed fiber sensor applications is described. The laser emits >1-kW pulses at 1.053 mu m with 2-ns duration at up to 1-kHz repetition rates for an adsorbed pump power of only 22 mW at 810 nm. Tunable Q-switched operation over a 40-nm wavelength range has also been demonstrated.

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