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8 ns fiber laser Q switched by the resonant saturable absorber mirror

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Abstract

We demonstrate that resonant high-modulation-depth saturable absorbers allow efficient pulse shortening in Q-switched lasers. Using a 70% modulation depth resonant saturable absorber mirror we achieved 8ns pulses that are close to the limit set by the cavity length and are, to our knowledge, the shortest pulses demonstrated to date from passively Q-switched fiber lasers.

© 2007 Optical Society of America

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