Experimental study and theoretical modeling of a self-Q-switched all-fiber Erbium laser

Alexander V. Kir'yanov; Yuri O. Barmenkov; M. A. Martinez-Gamez; Nikolai N. Il'ichev

doi:10.1117/12.590719

21 October 2004 Experimental study and theoretical modeling of a self-Q-switched all-fiber Erbium laser

Alexander V. Kir'yanov, Yuri O. Barmenkov, M. A. Martinez-Gamez, Nikolai N. Il'ichev

Proceedings Volume 5622, 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.590719
Event: 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, 2004, Porlamar, Venezuela

Abstract

A self-Q-switched diode-pumped Erbium fiber laser is implemented in an all-fiber configuration. The laser operates in a stable regime of giant pulses in a broad range of pump powers and does not require additional intra-cavity elements except the active fiber and fiber Bragg gratings as output couplers. A modeling of the laser is developed, implying that the mechanism of self-Q-switching is the power-dependent thermo-induced lensing in Erbium active fiber that stems from the excited-state absorption at the laser wavelength.

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Alexander V. Kir'yanov, Yuri O. Barmenkov, M. A. Martinez-Gamez, and Nikolai N. Il'ichev "Experimental study and theoretical modeling of a self-Q-switched all-fiber Erbium laser", Proc. SPIE 5622, 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, (21 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.590719

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