DocumentCode
1317206
Title
Saturable absorption in a tapered single-mode optical fibre
Author
Payne, F.P.
Volume
26
Issue
21
fYear
1990
Firstpage
1744
Lastpage
1745
Abstract
A novel all-fibre saturable absorber based on the interaction between the evanescent field of a tapered single-mode fibre and a surrounding solution of a laser dye is described. Results are presented which demonstrate saturable absorption at pump powers of only tens of milliwatts.
Keywords
dye lasers; optical fibres; optical saturable absorption; all-fibre saturable absorber; evanescent field; laser dye surrounding solution; nonlinear optics; pump powers; saturable absorption; tapered single-mode optical fibre;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19901120
Filename
83087
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