Erbium-Doped-Silica Photonic Crystal Fiber Characterization Method: Description and Experimental Check

Author

Sánchez-Martín, José A. ; Rebolledo, Miguel Ángel ; Álvarez, José Miguel ; Vallés, Juan A. ; Díez, Antonio ; Andrés, Miguel V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Volume

46

Issue

8

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1145

Lastpage

1152

Abstract

The present paper reports and discusses a characterization method for erbium-doped-silica photonic crystal fibers based on the measurement of pump power attenuation and gain together with the McCumber theory. The absorption and emission cross sections and the passive losses of the fiber were obtained from a fitting procedure of theoretical to experimental values. The method was checked by means of a home-made photonic crystal fiber to verify its reliability. Finally, it was found that the characteristic parameters obtained by this method can be used to accurately simulate the performance of the fiber and therefore to design devices based on it.

Keywords

erbium; holey fibres; optical variables measurement; photonic crystals; Jk:Er; McCumber theory; gain measurement; home-made photonic crystal fiber; pump power attenuation measurement; silica photonic crystal fiber characterization method; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical control; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers; Characterization; erbium-doped-silica; photonic crystal fiber; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2010.2044019

Filename

5444563