Title :
Engineered refractive index profiles for high power fiber lasers
Author :
Walton, Donnell ; Gray, Stuart ; Wang, Ji ; Li, Ming-Jun ; Chen, Xin ; Ruffin, A. Boh ; Zenteno, Luis
Author_Institution :
S&T Div., Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Abstract :
We demonstrate engineered refractive index profiles for the mitigation of nonlinear optical impairments such as stimulated Raman scattering and stimulated Brillouin scattering. These fibers offer performance improvements over conventionally used large mode area fibers.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; refractive index; stimulated Brillouin scattering; fiber optics amplifiers; fiber optics oscillators; high power fiber lasers; nonlinear optical impairments; refractive index profiles; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; High power fiber lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Power engineering and energy; Raman scattering; Refractive index; Stimulated emission; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.3280) Laser amplifiers; (190.5890) Scattering, stimulated;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627924
