Suppression of self-pulsing behavior in erbium-doped fiber lasers

Huimin Chen; Guanghao Zhu; Niloy K. Dutta; K. Dreyer

doi:10.1117/12.470571

12 June 2002 Suppression of self-pulsing behavior in erbium-doped fiber lasers

Huimin Chen, Guanghao Zhu, Niloy K. Dutta, K. Dreyer

Proceedings Volume 4646, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices X; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470571
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated that the stability of CW and mode-locked erbium doped fiber ring laser can be significantly improved with a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) inside the cavity. The fast saturable gain of the SOA suppresses significantly the self-pulsing due to ion pairs in the erbium-doped fiber, which acts as a saturable absorber. A linear stabilization analysis of the laser system agrees with out experiment results.

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Huimin Chen, Guanghao Zhu, Niloy K. Dutta, and K. Dreyer "Suppression of self-pulsing behavior in erbium-doped fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 4646, Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices X, (12 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470571

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