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Low-threshold tunable CW and <i>Q</i> -switched fibre laser operating at 1.55 μm

R.J. Mears, L. Reekie, Stephen Poole, D.N. Payne

Electronics Letters · 1986 · 184 citations · 2 references

Concepts

Natural SciencesElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsOptical FibersOptical SwitchingFiber LasersQ SwitchingQ-switched LasersSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode LasersSingle-mode Optical FibersTunable LasersWavelength Tuning

Abstract

A new single-mode fibre laser source is described. The laser is tunable over 25nm in the wavelength region of 1.55 µm and produces in excess of 2W peak power in a Q-switched mode.

References

2

Fabrication of low-loss optical fibres containing rare-earth ions

Stephen Poole, D.N. Payne, M. E. Fermann · Electronics Letters · 1985 · 257 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +13

<i>Q</i> -switched operation of a neodymium-doped monomode fibre laser

I.P. Alcock, A.C. Tropper, A. I. Ferguson et al. · Electronics Letters · 1986 · 50 citations

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Optical Materials +16