Polarization cross saturation in an Er{sup 3+}-doped fiber ring laser
- 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, Vol. 20, Issue 18; Other Information: PBD: 15 Sep 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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