Title :
Losses in fibre laser cavities
Author :
Morkel, P.R. ; Farries, M.C. ; Payne, D.N.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ., UK
fDate :
1/21/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A passive cavity ring-down technique has been used to measure the intrinsic losses of a fibre laser cavity. The results show that very low cavity losses can be obtained using conventional mirrors butted to the fibre. Optimum output coupling for a typical cavity intrinsic loss is derived
Keywords :
fibre optics; laser cavity resonators; optical fibres; optical losses; solid lasers; butted mirrors; fibre laser cavities; intrinsic losses; optimum output coupling; passive cavity ring-down technique;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
