Title :
Simple suppression technique for higher-order mode amplification in bent large mode area triple-cladding fibers
Author :
Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Ichii, Kentaro ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Tanigawa, Shoji ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Fujimaki, Munehisa ; Rosa, Lorenzo ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
A novel technique to suppress the higher-order mode in bent LMA triple-cladding fibers is proposed. It is shown that the higher-order mode can be coupled to a cladding mode with only an adjustment of the bending diameter.
Keywords :
amplification; bending; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; bending diameter; bent large mode area triple-cladding fibers; cladding mode; higher order mode amplification; suppression technique; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High power amplifiers; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Refractive index; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
