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Q-switched oscillation in thulium-doped fiber lasers using preloaded dynamic microbending technique

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We demonstrate Q-switched pulse generation in thulium-doped fiber lasers by introducing piezoelectric-driven microbend with preloaded stress. We employed a pair of corrugated chips each attached on piezoelectric actuators (PAs) to clamp the fiber in a ring laser resonator. The thulium-doped fiber is pumped by a laser diode emitting at 1.63 μm and generates the Q-switched laser pulses at around 1.9 μm by switching off the PAs. The laser pulse performance is improved by optimizing the preload and switch-off period for the PAs. The Q-switched pulses with a peak power of 2.8 W and a pulsewidth of 900 ns are observed for a launched pump power of 161 mW. We expect that the in-fiber Q-switching technique will provide efficient laser systems for environmental sensing and medical applications.

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This work was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 17K05074).

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, 432-8561, Japan

    H. Sakata, N. Takahashi & Y. Ushiro

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Sakata, H., Takahashi, N. & Ushiro, Y. Q-switched oscillation in thulium-doped fiber lasers using preloaded dynamic microbending technique. Appl. Phys. B 124, 7 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-017-6875-8

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