Title :
Parametric instability of mode beating and self-mode-locking in a class-B fiber laser
Author :
Kocharovsky, V.V. ; Kocharovsky, V.V.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In the present report we give a physical explanation and evaluate basic parameters of the regular self-pulsation in ring-cavity homogeneously-broadened class-B lasers which take place in the absence of any external modulators and saturable absorbers.
Keywords :
electromagnetic oscillations; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser stability; ring lasers; Rabi frequency; class-B fiber laser; hot modes; mode beating; optical Maxwell-Bloch equations; parametric instability; parametric resonance; rate approximation; regular self-pulsation; ring-cavity homogeneously-broadened lasers; self-mode-locking; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Maxwell equations; Pump lasers; Resonance; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Nice, France
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6318-3
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC.2000.908012
