Title :
Stabilisation of linear-cavity fibre laser using a saturable absorber
Author :
Michel, David ; Xiao, Feng ; Alameh, Kamal
Author_Institution :
WA Centre of Excellence for Micro-Photonic Syst., Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalup, WA, Australia
Abstract :
We investigate the optimisation of the length of an un-pumped erbium doped fibre (EDF) in order to suppress amplifier noise in a linear-cavity fibre laser structure. The experimental results demonstrate the existence of an optimum length of the un-pumped EDF which eliminates noise due to high optical pumping powers, thus leading to a stable laser output.
Keywords :
erbium; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; laser stability; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; amplifier noise; laser stabilisation; linear-cavity fibre laser structure; optical pumping; saturable absorber; un-pumped erbium doped fibre; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Fibre laser; amplifier noise; erbium doped fibre; linear cavity; saturable absorber;
Conference_Titel :
High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies (HONET), 2011
Conference_Location :
Riyadh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1170-1
DOI :
10.1109/HONET.2011.6149783
