%0 Journal Article
%T Self-balanced Q- and gain-switched erbium all-fiber laser
%A Tzong-Yow Tsai
%A Hao-Hsiang Ma
%A Yen-Cheng Fang
%A Hong-Xi Tsao
%J AIP Advances
%D 2011
%I AIP Publishing LLC
%R 10.1063/1.3639132
%X We demonstrate a 980-nm CW-pumped fully passive pulsed all-Er3+ all-fiber laser, self-balancing between being Q- and gain-switched at S and L bands. The laser was passively Q-switched at 1510 nm with the saturable absorber in an intra-cavity gain-switched at 1570 nm. The time spacing between the Q- and gain-switched pulse peaks was steadily 0.92 or 2.75 ¦Ěs depending on the absorber lengths. Sequential 1510-nm pulsing with a pulse energy of 3.8 ¦ĚJ and a pulse width of 280 ns at a repetition rate of 1.7 kHz was achieved with a pump power of 175 mW.
%U http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.3639132