Title :
1.6 ps pulse generation from a 1.3 mu m Pr3+-doped fluoride fibre laser
Author :
Sugawa, T. ; Yoshida, E. ; Miyajima, Y. ; Nakazawa, M.
Author_Institution :
NTT Telecommunication Field System R&D Center, Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
5/13/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
1.6 ps optical pulses at a wavelength of 1.3 mu m have been successfully generated from a Pr3+-doped fibre laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror, for the first time. The laser was a self-starting system and exhibited hysteresis with output power against pump power due to the nonlinear switching.
Keywords :
Q-switching; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser transitions; nonlinear optics; praseodymium; 1.3 micron; 1.6 ps; Pr 3+-doped fluoride fibre laser; hysteresis; nonlinear amplifying loop mirror; nonlinear switching; optical pulses; output power; pulse generation; pump power; self-starting system;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19930602
