The waveguide saturable absorber fabricated in the bulk of YAG:Cr 4+ crystal

Andrey G. Okhrimchuk; Vladimir Mezentsev; Ian Bennion; Alexander V. Shestakov

doi:10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192932

The waveguide saturable absorber fabricated in the bulk of YAG:Cr 4+ crystal

Andrey G. Okhrimchuk, Vladimir Mezentsev, Ian Bennion, Alexander V. Shestakov

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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Due to increasing demand of 1 µm Q-switched fiber lasers for material processing, a reliable and cost-effective saturable absorber is needed. YAG:Cr⁴⁺ crystal appears as a material completely fulfilling these requirements. Indeed, it is the most popular solution for saturable absorber for solid state lasers. However reliable integration of the widely available bulk saturable absorber in a fiber laser is a rather serious challenge. In this paper we present a novel waveguide design for a saturable absorber based on the YAG:Cr⁴⁺ crystal. Such a waveguide is designed to be compatible with conventional fibers. Hence, such Waveguide Saturable Absorber (WSA) features low-loss butt-coupling with all available Yb³⁺ and Nd3⁺ -fiber lasers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4244-4080-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-4079-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192932
Publication status	Published - 20 Nov 2009
Event	European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009 - Munich, Germany Duration: 14 Jun 2009 → 19 Jun 2009

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Conference	European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	14/06/09 → 19/06/09

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Okhrimchuk, AG, Mezentsev, V, Bennion, I & Shestakov, AV 2009, The waveguide saturable absorber fabricated in the bulk of YAG:Cr 4+ crystal. in European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. IEEE, European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009, Munich, Germany, 14/06/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192932

The waveguide saturable absorber fabricated in the bulk of YAG:Cr 4+ crystal. / Okhrimchuk, Andrey G.; Mezentsev, Vladimir; Bennion, Ian et al.
European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. IEEE, 2009.

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