Stability of an Er-Yb-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser with external reflections
Stability of an Er-Yb-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser with external reflections
The maximum tolerable amplitude back reflection coefficient r(ext,c) into a fiber distributed-feedback laser before the onset of instability has been investigated. r(ext,c) was found to decrease with increasing external cavity lengths up to ~320 m and to be proportional to the relative linewidth of the relaxation oscillation resonance. The tolerable length of Rayleigh backscattering standard telecom fiber was found to be 135-200 m. An observed degradation in the laser stability and slope efficiency at low pump powers is believed to be due to UV-induced saturable absorbers.
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Ronnekleiv, Erlend
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Hadeler, Oliver
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Vienne, Guillaume
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1 May 1999
Ronnekleiv, Erlend
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Hadeler, Oliver
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Vienne, Guillaume
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Ronnekleiv, Erlend, Hadeler, Oliver and Vienne, Guillaume
(1999)
Stability of an Er-Yb-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser with external reflections.
Optics Letters, 24 (9), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.24.000617).
Abstract
The maximum tolerable amplitude back reflection coefficient r(ext,c) into a fiber distributed-feedback laser before the onset of instability has been investigated. r(ext,c) was found to decrease with increasing external cavity lengths up to ~320 m and to be proportional to the relative linewidth of the relaxation oscillation resonance. The tolerable length of Rayleigh backscattering standard telecom fiber was found to be 135-200 m. An observed degradation in the laser stability and slope efficiency at low pump powers is believed to be due to UV-induced saturable absorbers.
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Published date: 1 May 1999
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