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

Date Issued
23-09-2019
Author(s)
Khan, I.
Krishnamoorthy, S.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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.