Title :
Highly birefringent microstructured neodymium doped fiber
Author :
Sojka, L. ; Pajewski, Lara ; Pilszak, M. ; Mergo, Pawel ; Furniss, D. ; Seddon, A. ; Benson, T.M. ; Sujecki, S. ; Beres-Pawlik, E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Telecommun., Teleinformatics & Acoust., Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Wroclaw, Poland
Abstract :
In this paper we present a novel, highly birefringent, microstructured optical fiber structure doped with neodymium. To our best knowledge it is the first report of a rare earth doped fiber with so high birefringence. The modal properties of the structure were analyzed using the full vectorial finite difference method. The emission spectra were also measured. Laser action in the simplest configuration, based on Fresnel light reflection at both ends of the fiber, was demonstrated.
Keywords :
finite difference methods; neodymium; optical fibre networks; Fresnel light reflection; Nd; emission spectra; full vectorial finite difference method; highly birefringent microstructured neodymium doped fiber; microstructured optical fiber structure; modal properties; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; high birefringent fiber laser; microstructured optical fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253817
