Title :
Intracavity dispersion in a mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser
Author :
Jhon, Young Min ; Kim, Bong Kyu ; Kim, Myong-Wook ; Kim, Dong Hwan ; Kim, Sang Kuk ; Jo, Jae Cheol ; Choi, Sang Sam
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
We have measured the intracavity dispersion of a mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser and found that the dispersion was independent of the wavelength and pumping power. The dispersion of the erbium-doped fiber in the laser was measured to be -59 ps/nm/km
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; erbium-doped fiber dispersion; intracavity dispersion; mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser; mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser; pumping power; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811971
