Pump-to-signal intensity noise transfer as the mechanism of self-pulsing in erbium doped fiber laser

Author

Sergeyev, Sergey ; Mahoney, Kieran O. ; Popov, Sergei ; Friberg, Ari T.

Author_Institution

Opt. Res. Group, Waterford Inst. of Technol., Waterford

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We report experimental and theoretical characterization of self-pulsing in high concentration erbium doped fiber laser which is free from erbium clusters. Unlike previous models of self-pulsing which account for pair-induced quenching (PIQ) on the clustered erbium ions, new model includes statistical nature of the excitation migration and upconversion, and resonance-like pump-to-signal intensity noise transfer. The obtained results are in a good agreement with the experimental data.

Keywords

fibre lasers; optical pumping; clustered erbium ions; erbium clusters; excitation migration; excitation upconversion; high concentration erbium doped fiber laser; pair-induced quenching; pump-to-signal intensity noise transfer; self-pulsing; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Physics; Pump lasers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped; (140.3500) Lasers, erbium; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (190.3100) Instabilities and chaos; (190.5940) Self-action effects;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032962