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Q-switched all-fibre laser using a fibre-optic resonant acousto-optic modulator

Antonio DiezMiguel V. AndrésChristian Cuadrado-labordeMartina Delgado-pinarS. Torres-peiró

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Distributed feedback laserMaterials sciencebusiness.industryPhysics::OpticsGratingLaserQ-switchingAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsElectronic Optical and Magnetic Materialslaw.inventionOpticsFiber Bragg gratinglawFiber laserAcousto-optic modulatorOptoelectronicsPhysics::Atomic PhysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPhysical and Theoretical ChemistrybusinessDiffraction grating

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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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2007-06-01Optics Communications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2007.02.032