Title :
Gain interaction in the design of bend-resistant large mode area amplifier fibers
Author_Institution :
OFS Lab., Somerset
Abstract :
Fibers with very large mode area see degraded gain competition when bent for spooled-fiber operation. Simulations demonstrate that recently proposed bend-distortion-resistant designs are immune to gain degradation, as well as effective area reduction.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical distortion; optical fibre amplifiers; waveguide discontinuities; bend-distortion-resistant fiber design; effective area reduction; gain degradation; large-mode area amplifier fibers; spooled-fiber operation; Degradation; Fiber lasers; Laboratories; Laser modes; Laser noise; Operational amplifiers; Optical design; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452925
