Rapid decay of type-II femtosecond laser inscribed gratings within Q-switched Yb3+-doped fiber lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 504-506

  Aslund M L ^a   Jovanovic, N ^b   Canning, J ^a   Jackson, S D ^c   Marshall, G D ^b   Fuerbach, A ^b   Withford, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bragg scattering; Optical fiber lasers; Q switched lasers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEDIUM; ANNEALING PROCESS; AVERAGE POWER; BRAGG SCATTERING; CONTINUOUS WAVE OPERATION; DOPED FIBER; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND (FS) LASER; HIGH REFLECTOR; OPTICAL FIELD; OUTPUT POWER; PHOTODARKENING; POPULATION INVERSIONS; Q-SWITCHED; Q-SWITCHED FIBER LASERS; RAPID ANNEALING; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 77955194471     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2041346     Document Type: Article

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