Dynamics of an erbium-doped fiber laser with pump modulation: Theory and experiment

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2107-2114

  Pisarchik, Alexander N ^a   Kir'yanov, Alexander V ^a   Barmenkov, Yuri O ^a   Jaimes Reátegui, Rider ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PUMPING (LASER); RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; HARMONIC MODULATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 28244480336     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002107     Document Type: Article

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