High power fiber lasers: a review

MN Zervas, CA Codemard - IEEE Journal of selected topics in …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we summarize the fundamental properties and review the latest developments
in high power fiber lasers. The review is focused primarily on the most common fiber laser …

Development of all-fiber nanosecond oscillator using actively Q-switched technologies and modulators

X Chen, N Wang, C He, X Lin - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the nanosecond pulse output strategies for fiber lasers with controlled frequency is
active Q-switching. Low-cost, high-power efficiency, stable cavity, and customizable pulse …

Q-switched and mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser using PtSe2 as a saturable absorber

K Zhang, M Feng, Y Ren, F Liu, X Chen, J Yang… - Photonics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We report a passively Q-switched and mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) based
on PtSe_2, a new two-dimensional material, as a saturable absorber (SA). Self-started Q …

High power ytterbium-doped fiber lasers—fundamentals and applications

MN Zervas - International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2014 - World Scientific
In this paper, we summarize the fundamental properties and review the latest developments
in high power ytterbium-doped fiber (YDF) lasers. The review is focused primarily on the …

Nanosecond-Pulsed Passively Q-Switched Fiber Laser by Using Photothermal Dynamics in a Dielectric Microcavity

W Wang, B Xiao, P Zhao, L Ren, S Zhu, L Shi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Thermal nonlinear effects have been extensively studied in whispering-gallery optical
microcavities. Photothermal effect originating from high light power buildup in the …

Internal modulation of a random fiber laser

M Bravo, M Fernandez-Vallejo, M Lopez-Amo - Optics letters, 2013 - opg.optica.org
A characterization of a modulated random mirror laser has been experimentally carried out.
Unlike conventional internally modulated fiber lasers, no distortion of the modulating …

400 W average power Q-switched Yb: YAG thin-disk-laser

S Radmard, A Moshaii, K Pasandideh - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We report on producing up to 403 W average power directly from an acousto-optically Q-
switched Yb: YAG thin-disk laser (TDL). To achieve this power, it has theoretically and …

Multi-pulse operation in an actively Q-switched Er-doped fiber laser based on electro-optic modulator

A Zhang, C Liu, H Pan, S Guo - Optoelectronics letters, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we report an experimental observation of different states of multi-pulse
operation in an actively Q-switched Er-doped fiber laser, which has applications in pulse …

Fiber laser sensor configurations for refractive index, temperature and strain: A Review

D Jauregui-Vazquez, JA Alvarez-Chavez… - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fiber laser sensors have been present for almost four decades as versatile sensing devices
with a simple demodulation process, high sensitivity, and competitive resolution. This work …

Gold nanorod as saturable absorber for Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser

XD Wang, ZC Luo, H Liu, N Zhao, M Liu, YF Zhu… - Optics …, 2015 - Elsevier
We reported on the generation of Q-switched pulse in an Yb-doped fiber laser by using a
filmy polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based gold nanorods (GNRs) saturable absorber (SA). The …