Title :
Figure of eight laser several regimes of operation
Author :
Lozano, W. ; Margulis, W. ; Carvalho, I.C.S. ; Valente, L.C.G. ; Carvalho, M.C.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
In this work we present a figure-of-eight-laser (F8L) that can be operated in several regimes. We also report the observation of a train of intense noiselike pulses with broad spectrum in the anomalous regime, which can be selected through the polarization controllers
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; fiber laser; figure-of-eight laser; intense noise-like pulse train; nonlinear optical loop mirror; polarization controller; ring laser; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser noise; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical pulses; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1999. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S, APS and LEOS - IMOC '99. International
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5807-4
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.1999.867030
