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The transient of an erbium-doped fiber ring laser coupled to another one receiving CW pump power is studied. The transient signals experimentally obtained may present different profiles depending on several conditions (degree of coupling between both lasers, pump powers of each one, etc.). In particular, an appropriate choice of working conditions makes possible to suppress relaxation oscillations and to shorten the time elapsed since the moment of pump switch-on till steady state. A model is proposed in which inclusion of polarization hole burning has been necessary to achieve an acceptable agreement with the transient behaviors experimentally observed.
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Sánchez-Martín, J.A., Used, J. & Martín, J.C. Dynamics of two coupled erbium-doped fiber ring lasers in transient regime. Appl. Phys. B 93, 521–529 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-3211-3
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