DocumentCode
3399511
Title
Cavity loss measurement from the relaxation oscillation frequency
Author
Bong Kyu Kim ; Young Min Jhon ; Myong-Wook Kim ; Jyung Chan Lee ; Sang Kuk Kim ; Sang Sam Choi
Author_Institution
Photonics Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Firstpage
481
Abstract
We have proposed a simple and nondestructive method to measure the cold cavity loss of an operating laser by measuring the relaxation oscillation frequencies for various pumping powers. And, the cold cavity loss of a mode-locked Er-doped fiber ring laser measured by this method was 15 dB.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser variables measurement; optical loss measurement; optical pumping; ring lasers; 15 dB; cavity loss measurement; cold cavity loss measurement; cold cavity loss method; mode-locked Er-doped fiber ring laser; nondestructive method; operating laser; pumping powers; relaxation oscillation frequencies; relaxation oscillation frequency; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5661-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811530
Filename
811530
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