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High power, short pulse acousto-optically Q-switched fibre laser

High power, short pulse acousto-optically Q-switched fibre laser
High power, short pulse acousto-optically Q-switched fibre laser
Short pulse, high peak power Q-switching of fibre lasers is demonstrated using a specially constructed TeO2 acousto-optic modulator with high diffraction efficiency at 1.06µm. The laser emits > 0.7 kW peak power pulses with 2.8ns duration at up to 1 kHz repetition rates for an absorbed pump power of 13 mW under zeroth order operation with average rf power of 50 mW. Under first order operation we obtained > 150 W peak power pulses with a 4ns duration using average rf driving power of 0.5 mW. Exact numerical integration of the laser kinetic rate equations yields good agreement with the experimental results.
0030-4018
355-358
Abdulhalim, I.
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Pannell, C.N.
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Reekie, L.
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Jedrzejewski, K.P.
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Taylor, E.R.
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Payne, D.N.
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Abdulhalim, I.
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Pannell, C.N.
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Reekie, L.
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Jedrzejewski, K.P.
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Taylor, E.R.
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Payne, D.N.
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Abdulhalim, I., Pannell, C.N., Reekie, L., Jedrzejewski, K.P., Taylor, E.R. and Payne, D.N. (1993) High power, short pulse acousto-optically Q-switched fibre laser. Optics Communications, 99 (56), 355-358. (doi:10.1016/0030-4018(93)90343-4).

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Short pulse, high peak power Q-switching of fibre lasers is demonstrated using a specially constructed TeO2 acousto-optic modulator with high diffraction efficiency at 1.06µm. The laser emits > 0.7 kW peak power pulses with 2.8ns duration at up to 1 kHz repetition rates for an absorbed pump power of 13 mW under zeroth order operation with average rf power of 50 mW. Under first order operation we obtained > 150 W peak power pulses with a 4ns duration using average rf driving power of 0.5 mW. Exact numerical integration of the laser kinetic rate equations yields good agreement with the experimental results.

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Published date: 1993

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Local EPrints ID: 78300
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78300
ISSN: 0030-4018
PURE UUID: a5d79c6e-0da4-4a7c-ad13-d74293bda929

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 00:11

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Author: I. Abdulhalim
Author: C.N. Pannell
Author: L. Reekie
Author: K.P. Jedrzejewski
Author: E.R. Taylor
Author: D.N. Payne

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