Q-switched erbium-doped fiber ring laser with piezoelectric transducer-based PS-CFBG

Abstract

In this letter, a Q-switched erbium-doped fiber ring laser (EDFRL) with piezoelectric transducer (PZT)-based phase shift chirped fiber Bragg grating (PS-CFBG) has been proposed and demonstrated first. As known, the phase shift can be induced and wiped periodically by applying a modulation signal on the PZT. This makes it possible for the PZT-based PS-CFBG to be used in Q-switched EDFRL. To verify the performance of this Q-switched EDFRL system, some theoretical analyses and experiments have been performed. It is found that, when the PZT is modulated by a signal with frequencies of 1 and 2 kHz, pulse widths of the Q-switched pulse train are 19.8 μs and 15.6 μs, respectively. Besides, the corresponding pulse energies are 1.16 μJ (1 kHz) and 1.91 μJ (2 kHz) with a pump power of 90 mW.