• DocumentCode
    1657837
  • Title

    Poor power efficiency in gain-guided index-antiguided fiber amplifiers and lasers

  • Author

    Yarandi, Parisa Gandomkar ; Mafi, Arash

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We highlight the key reasons behind the low efficiency of ultra-large-core single-mode gain-guided index-antiguided fiber amplifiers and lasers and argue that it is possible to improve the efficiency with proper design.
  • Keywords
    laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; fiber lasers; power efficiency; single mode gain guided index antiguided fiber amplifiers; Absorption; Doping; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optimized production technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325819