Title :
Design of large-mode-area microstructured fibers with low bending loss for fiber laser applications
Author :
Saitoh, Kunimasa
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
Bending characteristics of microstructured fibers are investigated to achieve large-mode-area and effectively single-mode operation with a practically allowable bending radius for Yb-doped fiber applications, by enhancing differential bending loss between the fundamental and higher-order modes.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical design techniques; optical fibre losses; waveguide discontinuities; fiber laser; higher-order modes; large mode area microstructured fibers; low bending loss; single-mode operation; Frequency modulation; Indexes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optimized production technology; Refractive index; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8428-7
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730110