• DocumentCode
    953070
  • Title

    Er-fibre lasers: suppression of spatial hole burning by internal modulation

  • Author

    Stolte, R. ; Ulrich, Roger

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    1686
  • Lastpage
    1688
  • Abstract
    Spatial hole burning is suppressed in linear Er3+ fibre lasers by two alternative modulation schemes. They move the standing wave pattern, formed by the two counterpropagating waves, along the gain medium in an oscillatory or continuous way. Output bandwidths <5 kHz result.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; optical hole burning; optical modulation; 5 kHz; counterpropagating waves; internal modulation; linear Er 3+ fibre lasers; spatial hole burning; standing wave pattern;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19931122
  • Filename
    237350