Title :
Automatic feedback control of an Er-doped fiber laser with an intracavity loss modulator
Author :
Grawert, F.J. ; Ilay, F.O. ; Kielpinski, D. ; Gopinath, J.T. ; Petrich, G.S. ; Kolodziejski, L.A. ; Ippen, E.P. ; Kärtner, F.X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Saturable absorber mode-locking of an Er-doped fiber laser is achieved over the entire parameter range with automatic gain control and active feedback stabilization using an intracavity loss modulator.
Keywords :
automatic gain control; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; Er-doped fiber laser; active feedback stabilization; automatic feedback control; automatic gain control; intracavity loss modulator; saturable absorber mode-locking; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Feedback control; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202231
