The Open Optics Journal

2009, 3 : 56-62
Published online 2009 September 15. DOI: 10.2174/1874328500903010056
Publisher ID: TOOPTSJ-3-56

Design of a Bi-Pulse Fiber Laser for Particle Image Velocimetry Applications

Mgharaz Driss , Brunel Marc and Boulezhar Abdelkader
UMR 6614 Coria CNRS UMR 6614, Avenue de l’Université, BP 12, 76801 Saint-Etienne du Rouvray Cedex, France.

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the theoretical design of a Q-switched fiber laser, that can generate a pair of nanosecond microjoule pulses. Such a low-cost, compact, bi-pulse fiber laser would provide a very interesting alternative to classical PIV lasers.