Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 44, Issue 8, 801004(2017)

Dual-Wavelength 1.0 μm Q-Switched and 1.5 μm Gain Switched Pulsed Fiber Laser

Liu Weiqi1、*, Guo Chunyu2, Ruan Shuangchen2, Yu Jun1, Chen Yewang1, Luo Ruoheng2, and Zhu Yihuai2
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    A dual-wavelength 1.0 μm Q-switched and 1.5 μm gain-switched pulsed fiber laser is demonstrated by using a single Er/Yb co-doped gain fiber. Experimental setup consists of two loop resonators with one common branch including the Er/Yb co-doped fiber. The 1.0 μm Q-switched pulses are generated via the saturable absorption effect of the unpumped Er/Yb co-doped fiber, whereas a reabsorption of 1.0 μm Q-switched pulses from the Yb ions modulates the population inversion of Er ions periodically to generate 1.5 μm gain-switched pulses at the same repetition rate of 1.0 μm Q-switched pulses. With the increasing of pump power, the repetition rates of both pulses vary from 5.4 kHz to 11.7 kHz. However, the 1.5 μm pulses have a delay relative to 1.0 μm pulses, and the delay decreases with the increasing of pump power. At the maximum pump power, the pulse duration, single pulse energy and average output power for 1.0 μm pulses are 5.3 μs, 402.6 nJ and 4.7 mW respectively, whereas they are 4.6 μs, 374.4 nJ and 4.4 mW respectively for 1.5 μm pulses.

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    Liu Weiqi, Guo Chunyu, Ruan Shuangchen, Yu Jun, Chen Yewang, Luo Ruoheng, Zhu Yihuai. Dual-Wavelength 1.0 μm Q-Switched and 1.5 μm Gain Switched Pulsed Fiber Laser[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2017, 44(8): 801004

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Feb. 22, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 13, 2017

    The Author Email: Weiqi Liu (401042606@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL201744.0801004

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