Propagation characteristics of single-mode optical fibers with arbitrary complex index profiles: a direct numerical approach

Author

Sing, Rachael ; Sunanda ; Sharma, Enakshi Khular

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Sci., Delhi Univ., India

Volume

37

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

635

Lastpage

640

Abstract

We present here a rapidly converging numerical procedure for the evaluation of the propagation characteristics of a single-mode optical fiber with an arbitrary complex refractive index profile. To illustrate the procedure, we have first applied it to a fiber with a complex step index profile. As an application, we have used it to evaluate the gain in a typical 980-nm pumped erbium-doped fiber

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; laser transitions; optical fibre testing; optical fibre theory; optical pumping; 980-nm pumped erbium-doped fiber; arbitrary complex index profiles; arbitrary complex refractive index profile; complex step index profile; direct numerical approach; propagation characteristics; rapidly converging numerical procedure; single-mode optical fiber; single-mode optical fibers; Differential equations; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Partial differential equations; Pump lasers; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.918575

Filename

918575