SELF-PULSING IN ER3+-DOPED FIBER LASER

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作者
LEBOUDEC, P [1 ]
LEFLOHIC, M [1 ]
FRANCOIS, PL [1 ]
SANCHEZ, F [1 ]
STEPHAN, G [1 ]
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[1] ENSSAT,OPTRON LAB,CNRS,EP0001,F-22305 LANNION,FRANCE
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10.1007/BF00420691
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The output intensity of an erbium-doped fibre laser was studied. Experiments were performed with three pumping wavelengths: 514.5 nm, 810 nm and 980 nm. The laser output intensity exhibits three different dynamical behaviours: steady-state, sinusoidal variation or self-pulsing. In particular, in a bad (high-loss) cavity configuration, when the pumping ratio is increased above the lasing threshold the output intensity changes continuously from a steady-state to an infinite train of pulses. We also show that, depending on the cavity configuration, the transient oscillations display different forms.
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