Polarization cross saturation in an Er{sup 3+}-doped fiber ring laser

Journal Article · Fri Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 1995 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.001868· OSTI ID:165726

Poustie, A J ^[1]

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1. BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 7RE (United Kingdom)

The cross saturation between the polarization eigenmodes is measured in a unidirectional Er{sup 3+}-doped fiber ring laser in which the population inversions for the polarization components are decoupled only by polarization hole burning. A coupling factor of {beta}=0.80{plus_minus}0.01 is obtained from measurements of the polarization antiphase dynamics in the laser. {copyright} 1995 Optical Society of America

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 165726
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 20; ISSN OPLEDP; ISSN 0146-9592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION
PERFORMANCE
POLARIZATION
POPULATION INVERSION
RING LASERS