Q-switched Tm3+-doped multi-ring fibre laser operating at 1.96 μm

• Autorzy: Sójka Łukasz , Pajewski Łukasz , Sujecki Sławomir , Lamrini Samir , Prorok Mateusz , Miluski Piotr , Kochanowicz Marcin , Łodziński Marek , Pisarski Wojciech A. , Dorosz Dominik

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DOI

10.24425/opelre.2025.155905

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A realisation of a Q-switched Tm³⁺-doped fibre laser operating at 1.96 μm wavelength isreported. The Tm³⁺-doped fibre was fabricated using a novel multi-ring modified chemicalvapour deposition-chelate doping technique (MCVD-CDT) technology. The developed laseremits pulses at a repetition rate of 3 kHz with an energy of 84 μJ and a duration of 272 ns,which corresponds to a peak power of 309 W. The experimental results confirm that thefabricated Tm³⁺-doped multi-ring, large mode area fibre is a promising candidate fordeveloping high-energy Q-switched lasers operating near 2 μm wavelength.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

fibre laser; thulium-doped fibre lasers; Q-switched fibre laser; 2 μm laser

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 33, No. 4
• Strony: art. no. e155905
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz., rys., wykr., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Sójka Łukasz

• 1Department of Telecommunications and Teleinformatics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1665-313X

autor

Pajewski Łukasz

• Department of Telecommunications and Teleinformatics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9475-2814

autor

Sujecki Sławomir

• Department of Telecommunications and Teleinformatics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
• Military University of Technology, ul. gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warszawa, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4588-6741

autor

Lamrini Samir

• LIMA Photonics GmbH, Weender Landstrasse 3-7, 37075 Goettingen, 37073 Goettingen, Germany

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-1242

autor

Prorok Mateusz

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, ul. Wiejska 45D, 15-351 Białystok, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6479-1057

autor

Miluski Piotr

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, ul. Wiejska 45D, 15-351 Białystok, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4327-7176

autor

Kochanowicz Marcin

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, ul. Wiejska 45D, 15-351 Białystok, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0251-186X

autor

Łodziński Marek

• Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environment Protection, AGH University of Kraków, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5349-4329

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Pisarski Wojciech A.

• Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, ul. Szkolna 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-8719

autor

Dorosz Dominik

• Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Kraków, al. Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5441-6851

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Uwagi

The research project was funded by the National Science Centre (Poland) granted based on the decision no. UMO-2020/37/B/ST7/03094.