Sub-nanosecond gain-switched Ytterbium-doped fiber laser pumped by 1030 nm dissipative soliton resonance mode-locked fiber laser

Abstract

Abstract In this work we report on a tandem pumped gain-switched Yb-doped fiber laser. We used an amplified dissipative soliton resonance mode-locked fiber laser with the wavelength of 1030 nm as a source of high repetition rate pulsed pump, incorporated with a CW diode laser at the wavelength of 976 nm in hybrid pump scheme. Sub-nanosecond narrow line-width gain-switched pulses with peak power of 10 kW at 1064 nm have been achieved. The line-width of the gain-switched laser is less than 0.06 nm and the repetition rate is 683 kHz.