Longitudinal mode control in few-mode erbium-doped fiber lasers
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 21 (15) , 1144-1146
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.21.001144
Abstract
We report an approach to the control of the longitudinal mode structure in erbium-doped fiber lasers that uses saturable absorbers and the spatial hole-burning effect in the laser cavity. Two- and three-mode fiber lasers are successfully demonstrated, and the laser output properties are compared with theoretical calculations.Keywords
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