Suppression of self-pulsing in an erbium-doped fiber laser
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 22 (15), 1174-1176
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.001174
Abstract
We propose a scheme whereby the self-pulsation that commonly occurs in an erbium-doped fiber laser can be suppressed. The scheme consists of the addition of a low-power laser as an auxiliary pump. The required auxiliary pump power is only a few percent of the output lasing power. There is reasonable agreement between experimental and theoretical results.Keywords
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