Photo-erasure of type-II femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings employed as high reflectors in moderate power Q-switch fibre laser

Mattias L. Åslund; Nemanja Jovanovic; Stuart D. Jackson; John Canning; Graham D. Marshall; Alexander Fuerbach; Michael J. Withford; Kevin Cook

doi:10.1117/12.820586

Photo-erasure of type-II femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings employed as high reflectors in moderate power Q-switch fibre laser

Mattias L. Åslund, Nemanja Jovanovic, Stuart D. Jackson, John Canning, Graham D. Marshall, Alexander Fuerbach, Michael J. Withford, Kevin Cook

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Abstract

We show evidence of rapid photo-erasure of ultra stable Type-II fibre Bragg gratings written with a femtosecond laser into the active medium when employed as high reflectors in >1kW medium power Yb³⁺-doped Q-switched fibre laser cavities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical sensors
Editors	Francesco Baldini, Jiří Homola, Robert A. Lieberman
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9780819476302
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820586
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Optical Sensors 2009 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 20 Apr 2009 → 22 Apr 2009

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	7356
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Optical Sensors 2009
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	20/04/09 → 22/04/09

Keywords

Femtosecond lasers
Fibre Bragg gratings
Fibre lasers
Photodarkening

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Åslund, M. L., Jovanovic, N., Jackson, S. D., Canning, J., Marshall, G. D., Fuerbach, A., Withford, M. J., & Cook, K. (2009). Photo-erasure of type-II femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings employed as high reflectors in moderate power Q-switch fibre laser. In F. Baldini, J. Homola, & R. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Optical sensors Article 73561I (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 7356). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820586

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Photo-erasure of type-II femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings employed as high reflectors in moderate power Q-switch fibre laser. / Åslund, Mattias L.; Jovanovic, Nemanja; Jackson, Stuart D. et al.
Optical sensors. ed. / Francesco Baldini; Jiří Homola; Robert A. Lieberman. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2009. 73561I (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 7356).

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Photo-erasure of type-II femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings employed as high reflectors in moderate power Q-switch fibre laser

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