Competing Modes in Erbium Doped Fiber Ring Lasers

  • Abd-Rahman, M.Kamil (Faculty of Applied Science, University Teknologi Mara) ;
  • Selvakennedy, S. (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya) ;
  • Ahmad, Harith (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya)
  • Published : 2002.07.01

Abstract

The erbium doped fibre ring laser (EDFL) is modelled using the standard propagation and rate equations of a homogeneous, two-level gain medium. The EDFL numerical simulations provide comparable results with the experimental data. The process of lasing mode competition and mode selection is clearly depicted and explained.

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