• DocumentCode
    2939403
  • Title

    Parametric instability of mode beating and self-mode-locking in a class-B fiber laser

  • Author

    Kocharovsky, V.V. ; Kocharovsky, V.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Phys., Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    10-15 Sept. 2000
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. In the present report we give a physical explanation and evaluate basic parameters of the regular self-pulsation in ring-cavity homogeneously-broadened class-B lasers which take place in the absence of any external modulators and saturable absorbers.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic oscillations; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser stability; ring lasers; Rabi frequency; class-B fiber laser; hot modes; mode beating; optical Maxwell-Bloch equations; parametric instability; parametric resonance; rate approximation; regular self-pulsation; ring-cavity homogeneously-broadened lasers; self-mode-locking; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Maxwell equations; Pump lasers; Resonance; Ring lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 International
  • Conference_Location
    Nice, France
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6318-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC.2000.908012
  • Filename
    908012