Title :
Energy quantisation in figure eight fibre laser
Author :
Grudinin, A.B. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Payne, David N.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
For the first time the observation of discrete jumps in the power output of an all-fibre passively mode-locked laser is reported. The discontinuities are associated with quantisation of the energy of the pulses circulating within the laser cavity.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; energy quantisation; fibre laser; figure eight; laser cavity; passively mode-locked laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920042
