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Efficient, polarised, gain-switched operation of a Tm-doped fibre laser

Efficient, polarised, gain-switched operation of a Tm-doped fibre laser
Efficient, polarised, gain-switched operation of a Tm-doped fibre laser
We present a monolithic, robustly polarised thulium fibre laser which produces pulses with 25 ns duration and energy of up to 35 µJ. A pulsed 1.55 μm source was used to gain switch the laser at repetition rates of up to 300 kHz, producing average powers of up to 8 W at 2.044 µm. To the best of our knowledge this is the highest power gain-switched thulium fibre laser and it is also the first with a linearly polarised output. The large repetition rate, pulse energy and average power will enable efficient energy extraction from a large mode-area, polarisation maintaining thulium fibre amplifier.
1094-4087
14949-14954
Simakov, Nikita
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Hemming, Alex
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Bennetts, Shayne
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Haub, John
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Simakov, Nikita
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Hemming, Alex
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Bennetts, Shayne
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Haub, John
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Simakov, Nikita, Hemming, Alex, Bennetts, Shayne and Haub, John (2011) Efficient, polarised, gain-switched operation of a Tm-doped fibre laser. Optics Express, 19 (16), 14949-14954. (doi:10.1364/OE.19.014949).

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We present a monolithic, robustly polarised thulium fibre laser which produces pulses with 25 ns duration and energy of up to 35 µJ. A pulsed 1.55 μm source was used to gain switch the laser at repetition rates of up to 300 kHz, producing average powers of up to 8 W at 2.044 µm. To the best of our knowledge this is the highest power gain-switched thulium fibre laser and it is also the first with a linearly polarised output. The large repetition rate, pulse energy and average power will enable efficient energy extraction from a large mode-area, polarisation maintaining thulium fibre amplifier.

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Published date: 1 August 2011

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Local EPrints ID: 415562
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/415562
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 5fd5c6ae-2cc7-443e-a95e-501e4776fd18

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Author: Nikita Simakov
Author: Alex Hemming
Author: Shayne Bennetts
Author: John Haub

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