Study of birefringence noise in a Nd-doped fiber laser

Author

Lee, Sangbae ; Jo, Jaecheol ; Choi, SangSam ; Cho, Kyuman ; Kim, Youngduk

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Lab., Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

714

Lastpage

715

Abstract

Understanding the exact polarization dynamics of a fibre laser is very important for the line width narrowing as well as stabilizing the laser. In general, a fiber laser resonator possesses both linear and circular birefringence. The eigen polarization modes in the birefringent medium are two mutually orthogonal elliptic polarizations. A standing wave solution for a birefringent resonator can be calculated from these polarization eigen modes

Keywords

birefringence; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; laser stability; laser theory; neodymium; optical fibre polarisation; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; Nd-doped fiber laser; birefringence noise; birefringent medium; birefringent resonator; circular birefringence; eigen polarization modes; fiber laser resonator; laser stabilisation; line width narrowing; linear birefringence; mutually orthogonal elliptic polarizations; polarization dynamics; polarization eigen modes; standing wave solution; Birefringence; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Optical retarders; Physics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1263-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379390

Filename

379390