Title :
Er-fibre lasers: suppression of spatial hole burning by internal modulation
Author :
Stolte, R. ; Ulrich, Roger
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Abstract :
Spatial hole burning is suppressed in linear Er3+ fibre lasers by two alternative modulation schemes. They move the standing wave pattern, formed by the two counterpropagating waves, along the gain medium in an oscillatory or continuous way. Output bandwidths <5 kHz result.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical hole burning; optical modulation; 5 kHz; counterpropagating waves; internal modulation; linear Er 3+ fibre lasers; spatial hole burning; standing wave pattern;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931122