Suppression of self-pulsing behavior in erbium-doped fiber lasers with a semiconductor optical amplifier |
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| Authors: | Chen Hongmin Zhu Guanghao Dutta Niloy K Dreyer Kevin |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Physics and Photonics Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA. |
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| Abstract: | We experimentally demonstrate that the stability of cw and mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring lasers can be improved significantly with a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) inside the cavity. The fast saturable gain of the SOA suppresses significantly the self-pulsing that is due to ion pairs in the erbium-doped fiber, which acts as a saturable absorber. A linear stabilization analysis of the laser system agrees with our experimental results. |
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