Mode-locked fibre laser damage on amplification due to multi-pulsing

Date Issued
01-01-2019
Author(s)
Khan, S. I.
Krishnamoorthy, S.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
DOI
Abstract
Semiconductor saturable absorber mirror based mode-locked fibre laser was built. On amplification, a chain action caused saturable absorber damage, initiated by backward amplified spontaneous emission, multi-pulsing and self-pulsing were reported.
Volume
Part F139-ASSL 2019