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
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