Experimental Characterization of the Bifurcation Structure in an Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser with Pump Modulation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1567-1571

  Pisarchik, Alexander N ^a   Barmenkov, Yuri O ^a   Kir'yanov, Alexander V ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber laser; Generalized multistability; Laser dynamics; Pump modulation

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OSCILLATIONS; PUMPING (LASER); REFLECTOMETERS;

LASER DYNAMICS; PUMP MODULATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0347946759     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.819559     Document Type: Article

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