Experiment and numerical modeling of high-power passively Q-switched ytterbium-doped double-clad

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-75

  Lasers, Fiber ^a   Pan, Lei ^a   Utkin, Ilya ^a   Fedosejevs, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Index terms cr4+:yag saturable absorber (sa); Modeling; Q switched lasers; Ytterbium (yb) fiber

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; CORE DIAMETERS; DOUBLE-CLAD; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FOCUSED BEAMS; GAUSSIAN PROFILES; HIGH REPETITION RATE; HIGH-POWER; INDEX TERMS; LASER SPECTRA; NUMERICAL MODELING; OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; PUMP POWER; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SINGLE MODE; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRAVELING WAVE RATE EQUATION; YAG; YB-DOPED DOUBLE-CLAD FIBER LASER; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

CHROMIUM; FIBER LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; Q SWITCHING; WAVE EQUATIONS; YTTERBIUM;

Q SWITCHED LASERS;

EID: 77949453675     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2028031     Document Type: Article

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