Abstract
In this work, we have developed an analytical model of an actively Q-switched Ytterbium-doped fiber laser by using two coupled cavities with amplifying fibers in Mach–Zehnder interferometer configuration. This oscillator system provides high peak power and high energy nanosecond pulse. The pulse energy is almost twice the energy of an individual fiber laser with a combining efficiency goes up 99%. This concept brings some novel perspectives for scaling the high energy and high peak power of nanosecond pulse fiber laser.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Amplifiers
- Performance Optimization of Optical Amplifiers for High Speed Multilink Optical Networks using Different Modulation Techniques
- Investigations of Different Amplifiers in 16 × 40 Gb/S WDM System
- Effect of Crosstalk in Super Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing System using Hybrid Optical Amplifier
- Evaluation of Gain Spectrum of Silica-Based Single/Dual-Pumped Thulium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (TDFA) by Optimizing Its Physical and Pumping Parameters in the Scenario of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed Systems (DWDM)
- Devices
- Design of One-Bit Magnitude Comparator using Photonic Crystals
- A Novel Scheme for UDWDM-PON Broadband Access Network Using Injection-Locked Phase-to-Intensity Modulation Converter
- Loss-Less Elliptical Channel Drop Filter for WDM Applications
- Investigations with Reversible Feynman Gate and Irreversible Logic Schematics
- Analysis and Design of Coherent Combining of two Q-Switched Fiber Laser in Mach-Zehnder Type Cavity
- Fibers
- Proposed Square Lattice Photonic Crystal Fiber for Extremely High Nonlinearity, Birefringence and Ultra-High Negative Dispersion Compensation
- Ultra-low Loss with Single Mode Polymer-Based Photonic Crystal Fiber for THz Waveguide
- Measurements
- Investigation on Full Duplex WDM Hybrid Sensor to Measure the Strain
- Networks
- An Easy In-Service Optical IP Network System for Residential Complex, Employing 1550 nm-Band CWDM and Layer-3 Switch
- Systems
- High-Speed 120 Gbps AMI-WDM-PDM Free Space Optical Transmission System
- Impact of Different Modulation Data Formats on DWDM System Using SOA With Narrow-Channel Spacing
- Analysis of Atmospheric Turbulence on Free Space Optical System using Homotopy Perturbation Method
- Visible Light Communication – The Journey So Far
- Performance Investigation of 2-D Optical Orthogonal Codes for OCDMA
- Performance Analysis of 2-D Prime Codes Encoded Optical CDMA System
- An Approximation for BER of Optical Wireless System under Weak Atmospheric Turbulence using Point Estimate
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Amplifiers
- Performance Optimization of Optical Amplifiers for High Speed Multilink Optical Networks using Different Modulation Techniques
- Investigations of Different Amplifiers in 16 × 40 Gb/S WDM System
- Effect of Crosstalk in Super Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing System using Hybrid Optical Amplifier
- Evaluation of Gain Spectrum of Silica-Based Single/Dual-Pumped Thulium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (TDFA) by Optimizing Its Physical and Pumping Parameters in the Scenario of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed Systems (DWDM)
- Devices
- Design of One-Bit Magnitude Comparator using Photonic Crystals
- A Novel Scheme for UDWDM-PON Broadband Access Network Using Injection-Locked Phase-to-Intensity Modulation Converter
- Loss-Less Elliptical Channel Drop Filter for WDM Applications
- Investigations with Reversible Feynman Gate and Irreversible Logic Schematics
- Analysis and Design of Coherent Combining of two Q-Switched Fiber Laser in Mach-Zehnder Type Cavity
- Fibers
- Proposed Square Lattice Photonic Crystal Fiber for Extremely High Nonlinearity, Birefringence and Ultra-High Negative Dispersion Compensation
- Ultra-low Loss with Single Mode Polymer-Based Photonic Crystal Fiber for THz Waveguide
- Measurements
- Investigation on Full Duplex WDM Hybrid Sensor to Measure the Strain
- Networks
- An Easy In-Service Optical IP Network System for Residential Complex, Employing 1550 nm-Band CWDM and Layer-3 Switch
- Systems
- High-Speed 120 Gbps AMI-WDM-PDM Free Space Optical Transmission System
- Impact of Different Modulation Data Formats on DWDM System Using SOA With Narrow-Channel Spacing
- Analysis of Atmospheric Turbulence on Free Space Optical System using Homotopy Perturbation Method
- Visible Light Communication – The Journey So Far
- Performance Investigation of 2-D Optical Orthogonal Codes for OCDMA
- Performance Analysis of 2-D Prime Codes Encoded Optical CDMA System
- An Approximation for BER of Optical Wireless System under Weak Atmospheric Turbulence using Point Estimate