Nd:YAG laser pumped picosecond Yb<sup>3+</sup>/Er<sup>3+</sup> fibre laser

A 1064 µm pumped Yb<sup>3+</sup>/Er<sup>3+</sup> fibre laser, actively modelocked using a selfresonant Raman-Nath modulator is described. With 300mW of pump power the laser produces 1.7 ps pulses with peak powers as high as 200 W at a repetition rate of 82 MHz. Overall pump/s...

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Main Authors: Grudinin, A.B (Author), Richardson, D.J (Author), Senatorov, A.K (Author), Payne, D.N (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1992.
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