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The output intensity of an erbium-doped fibre laser was studied. Experiments were performed with three pumping wavelengths: 514.5 nm, 810 nm and 980 nm. The laser output intensity exhibits three different dynamical behaviours: steady-state, sinusoidal variation or self-pulsing. In particular, in a bad (high-loss) cavity configuration, when the pumping ratio is increased above the lasing threshold the output intensity changes continuously from a steady-state to an infinite train of pulses. We also show that, depending on the cavity configuration, the transient oscillations display different forms.
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Le Boudec, P., Le Flohic, M., Francois, P.L. et al. Self-pulsing in Er3+-doped fibre laser. Opt Quant Electron 25, 359–367 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420691
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