Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1542123 | Optics Communications | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We report an actively Q-switched all-fibre laser using a fibre-optic resonant acousto-optic modulator as Q-switching element. The modulator consists of a short-length fibre Bragg grating modulated by a standing longitudinal elastic wave, being the grating length much shorter than the acoustic wavelength. Q-switch pulses were successfully obtained from an Er3+-doped fibre laser at repetition rates of 18 and 37 kHz.
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Authors
C. Cuadrado-Laborde, M. Delgado-Pinar, S. Torres-Peiró, A. Díez, M.V. Andrés,