title: Suppression of self-pulsing in an erbium-doped fiber laser.
abstract: We propose a scheme whereby the self-pulsation that commonly occurs in an erbium-doped fiber laser can be suppressed. The scheme consists of the addition of a low-power laser as an auxiliary pump. The required auxiliary pump power is only a few percent of the output lasing power. There is reasonable agreement between experimental and theoretical results.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chu