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Temporal synchronization and spectral combining of pulses from fiber lasers Q-switched by independent MEMS micro-mirrors

Marc Faber
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Agnès Desfarges-Berthelemot
Vincent Kermène
Aurelian Crunteanu

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We present what we believe to be the first demonstration of spectral combining of multiple fiber lasers Q-switched by independent micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS). By correlating the actuation of the individual MEMS devices, the associated Q-switched lasers can be operated in either synchronous or asynchronous modes in such a way that their overall combined output may result in high energy emission pulses or in laser emission with higher pulse repetition rate. In a proof-of-principle experiment, we demonstrate the combination of four individual Q-switched lasers (each of them operating at 20 kHz repetition rate) leading to a final laser system generating pulses with a repetition rate of 80 kHz.

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hal-00787172 , version 1 (11-02-2013)

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Marc Faber, Agnès Desfarges-Berthelemot, Vincent Kermène, Aurelian Crunteanu. Temporal synchronization and spectral combining of pulses from fiber lasers Q-switched by independent MEMS micro-mirrors. Optics Express, 2012, 20 (20), pp. 22895-22901. ⟨10.1364/OE.20.022895⟩. ⟨hal-00787172⟩

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