Ytterbium-doped fibre laser Q-switched by a cantilever-type micro-mirror

doi:10.1364/OE.16.022064

Ytterbium-doped fibre laser Q-switched by a cantilever-type micro-mirror

Marc Fabert, Agnès Desfarges-Berthelemot, Vincent Kermène, Aurelian Crunteanu, David Bouyge, and Pierre Blondy »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 26, pp. 22064-22071 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.022064

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Abstract

We present an Ytterbium fibre laser operating in the Q-switch regime by using a Micro- Opto- Electro- Mechanical System (MOEMS) of novel design. The cantilever-type micro-mirror is designed to generate short laser pulses with duration between 20 ns and 100 ns at repetition rates ranging from a few kilohertz up to 800 kHz. The bent profile of this new type of MOEMS ensures a high modulation rate of the laser cavity losses while keeping a high actuating frequency.

OCIS Codes
(140.0140) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers and laser optics
(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched
(230.4110) Optical devices : Modulators
(060.3510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Lasers, fiber

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: October 13, 2008
Revised Manuscript: November 24, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: November 26, 2008
Published: December 19, 2008

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Marc Fabert, Agnès Desfarges-Berthelemot, Vincent Kermène, Aurelian Crunteanu, David Bouyge, and Pierre Blondy, "Ytterbium-doped fibre laser Q-switched by a cantilever-type micro-mirror," Opt. Express 16, 22064-22071 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-26-22064

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References

M. Laroche, A. M. Chardon, J. Nilsson, D. P. Shepherd and W. A. Clarkson, "Compact diode-pumped passively Q-switched tunable Er-Yb double-clad fiber laser," Opt. Lett. 27, 1980-1982 (2002). [CrossRef]
I. P. Alcock, A. C. Tropper, A. I. Ferguson and D. C. Hanna, "Q-switched operation of a neodymium-doped monomode fibre laser," Electron. Lett. 272, 84-85 (1985).
A. F. El-Sherif and A. K. Terence, "High-energy, high-brightness Q-switched Tm3+-doped fiber laser using an electro-optic modulator," Opt. Commun. 218, 337-344 (2003). [CrossRef]
D. D. Zalvidea, N.A. Russo, R. Duchowicz, M. Delgado-Pinar, A. Diez, J. L. Cruz and M. V. Andrés, "High-repetition rate acoustic-induced Q-switched all-fiber laser," Opt. Commun. 244, 315-319 (2005). [CrossRef]
T. V. Andersen, P. Pérez-Millan, S. R. Keiding, S. Agger, R. Duchowicz, and M. V. Andrés, "All-fiber actively Q-switched Yb-doped laser," Opt. Commun. 260, 251-256 (2006). [CrossRef]
F. Pardo, R. A. Cirelli, E. J. Ferry, W. Y.-C. Lai, F. P. Klemens, J. F. Miner, C. S. Pai, J. E. Bower, W. M. Mansfield, A. Kornblit, T. W. Sorsch, J. A. Taylor, M. R. Baker, R. Fullowan, M. E. Simon, V. A. Aksyuk, R. Ryf, H. Dyson and S. Arney, "Flexible fabrication of large pixel count piston-tip-tilt mirror arrays for fast spatial light modulators," Microelectron. Eng. 84,1157-1161 (2007). [CrossRef]
W. Shin, B.-A. Yu, Y. L. Lee, T. J. Yu, T. J. Eom, Y.-C. Noh, J. Lee and D.-K. Ko, "Tunable Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on digital micro-mirror array," Opt. Express, 14, 5357-5364 (2006). [CrossRef]
Y.-A. Peter, H. P. Herzig, E. Rochat, R. Dändliker, C. Marxer and N. F. de Rooij, "Pulsed fiber laser using micro-electro-mechanical mirrors," Opt. Eng. 38, 636-640 (1999). [CrossRef]
D. Bouyge, A. Crunteanu, D. Sabourdy, P. Blondy, V. Couderc, J. Lhermite, L. Grossard and A. Barthélémy, "Integration of micro-electro-mechanical deformable mirrors in doped fiber amplifiers," Microsystems Technologies 13, 1607-1613 (2006). [CrossRef]
Y. Joeng, Y. Kim, A. Liem, K. Moerl, S. Hoefer, A. Tuennermann and K. Oh, "Q-switching of Yb3+-doped fiber laser using a novel micro-optical waveguide on micro-actuating platform light modulator," Opt. Express 13, 10302-10309 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. J. Gaeta. M. J. F. Digonnet and H. J. Shaw, "Pulse Characteristics of Q-Switched Fiber Lasers," J. Lightwave Technol., LT-5, 1645-1651 (1987). [CrossRef]
A Crunteanu, D. Bouyge, D. Sabourdy, P. Blondy, V. Couderc, L. Grossard, P. H. Pioger and A. Barthélémy, "Deformable micro-electro-mechanical mirror integration in a fibre laser Q-switch system," J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 8,S347-S351 (2006). [CrossRef]
P. Blondy, D. Bouyge, A. Crunteanu and A. Pothier, "A wide Tuning Range MEMS Switched Patch Antenna," IEEE MTT-S, San Francisco, USA, June 11-16, 2006.
G. M. Rebeiz, "Mechanics of Beam and Diaphragm Structures," in RF MEMS, (John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003).

Agger, S.
Aksyuk, V. A.
Alcock, I. P.
Andersen, T. V.
Andrés, M. V.
Arney, S.
Baker, M. R.
Barthélémy, A.
Blondy, P.
Bouyge, D.
Bower, J. E.
Chardon, A. M.
Cirelli, R. A.
Clarkson, W. A.
Couderc, V.
Crunteanu, A
Crunteanu, A.
Cruz, J. L.
Dändliker, R.
de Rooij, N. F.
Delgado-Pinar, M.
Diez, A.
Duchowicz, R.
Dyson, H.
El-Sherif, A. F.
Eom, T. J.
Ferguson, A. I.
Ferry, E. J.
Fullowan, R.
Gaeta, C. J.
Grossard, L.
Hanna, D. C.
Herzig, H. P.
Hoefer, S.
Joeng, Y.
Keiding, S. R.
Kim, Y.
Klemens, F. P.
Ko, D.-K.
Kornblit, A.
Lai, W. Y.-C.
Laroche, M.
Lee, J.
Lee, Y. L.
Lhermite, J.
Liem, A.
Mansfield, W. M.
Marxer, C.
Miner, J. F.
Moerl, K.
Nilsson, J.
Noh, Y.-C.
Oh, K.
Pai, C. S.
Pardo, F.
Pérez-Millan, P.
Peter, Y.-A.
Pioger, P. H.
Pothier, A.
Rochat, E.
Russo, N.A.
Ryf, R.
Sabourdy, D.
Shepherd, D. P.
Shin, W.
Simon, M. E.
Sorsch, T. W.
Taylor, J. A.
Terence, A. K.
Tropper, A. C.
Tuennermann, A.
Yu, B.-A.
Yu, T. J.
Zalvidea, D. D.

Electron. Lett.

I. P. Alcock, A. C. Tropper, A. I. Ferguson and D. C. Hanna, "Q-switched operation of a neodymium-doped monomode fibre laser," Electron. Lett. 272, 84-85 (1985).

J. Lightwave Technol.

C. J. Gaeta. M. J. F. Digonnet and H. J. Shaw, "Pulse Characteristics of Q-Switched Fiber Lasers," J. Lightwave Technol., LT-5, 1645-1651 (1987). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt.

A Crunteanu, D. Bouyge, D. Sabourdy, P. Blondy, V. Couderc, L. Grossard, P. H. Pioger and A. Barthélémy, "Deformable micro-electro-mechanical mirror integration in a fibre laser Q-switch system," J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 8,S347-S351 (2006). [CrossRef]

Microelectron. Eng.

F. Pardo, R. A. Cirelli, E. J. Ferry, W. Y.-C. Lai, F. P. Klemens, J. F. Miner, C. S. Pai, J. E. Bower, W. M. Mansfield, A. Kornblit, T. W. Sorsch, J. A. Taylor, M. R. Baker, R. Fullowan, M. E. Simon, V. A. Aksyuk, R. Ryf, H. Dyson and S. Arney, "Flexible fabrication of large pixel count piston-tip-tilt mirror arrays for fast spatial light modulators," Microelectron. Eng. 84,1157-1161 (2007). [CrossRef]

Microsystems Technologies

D. Bouyge, A. Crunteanu, D. Sabourdy, P. Blondy, V. Couderc, J. Lhermite, L. Grossard and A. Barthélémy, "Integration of micro-electro-mechanical deformable mirrors in doped fiber amplifiers," Microsystems Technologies 13, 1607-1613 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

A. F. El-Sherif and A. K. Terence, "High-energy, high-brightness Q-switched Tm3+-doped fiber laser using an electro-optic modulator," Opt. Commun. 218, 337-344 (2003). [CrossRef]
D. D. Zalvidea, N.A. Russo, R. Duchowicz, M. Delgado-Pinar, A. Diez, J. L. Cruz and M. V. Andrés, "High-repetition rate acoustic-induced Q-switched all-fiber laser," Opt. Commun. 244, 315-319 (2005). [CrossRef]
T. V. Andersen, P. Pérez-Millan, S. R. Keiding, S. Agger, R. Duchowicz, and M. V. Andrés, "All-fiber actively Q-switched Yb-doped laser," Opt. Commun. 260, 251-256 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Eng.

Y.-A. Peter, H. P. Herzig, E. Rochat, R. Dändliker, C. Marxer and N. F. de Rooij, "Pulsed fiber laser using micro-electro-mechanical mirrors," Opt. Eng. 38, 636-640 (1999). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

W. Shin, B.-A. Yu, Y. L. Lee, T. J. Yu, T. J. Eom, Y.-C. Noh, J. Lee and D.-K. Ko, "Tunable Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on digital micro-mirror array," Opt. Express, 14, 5357-5364 (2006). [CrossRef]
Y. Joeng, Y. Kim, A. Liem, K. Moerl, S. Hoefer, A. Tuennermann and K. Oh, "Q-switching of Yb3+-doped fiber laser using a novel micro-optical waveguide on micro-actuating platform light modulator," Opt. Express 13, 10302-10309 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

M. Laroche, A. M. Chardon, J. Nilsson, D. P. Shepherd and W. A. Clarkson, "Compact diode-pumped passively Q-switched tunable Er-Yb double-clad fiber laser," Opt. Lett. 27, 1980-1982 (2002). [CrossRef]

Other

P. Blondy, D. Bouyge, A. Crunteanu and A. Pothier, "A wide Tuning Range MEMS Switched Patch Antenna," IEEE MTT-S, San Francisco, USA, June 11-16, 2006.
G. M. Rebeiz, "Mechanics of Beam and Diaphragm Structures," in RF MEMS, (John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003).

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