Title :
Suppression of ion-pair induced self-pulsing in Er-doped fiber lasers
Author :
Ding, Ming ; Cheo, Peter K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we show experimentally that the ion-pair induced self-pulsing in Er-doped fiber lasers can be suppressed by selecting proper lasing wavelengths. A new model is proposed to explain the experimental results, and our calculated results show that the effect of Er-ion pairs depends critically on the ratio of emission to absorption cross sections of Er-ion.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; erbium; fibre lasers; laser theory; optical saturable absorption; Er-doped fiber lasers; Er-ion pairs; absorption cross sections; ion-pair induced laser self-pulsing suppression; ion-pair induced self-pulsing; lasing wavelengths; Absorption; Electrons; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical fiber couplers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.571531
