• DocumentCode
    546952
  • Title

    Thermal effects in high-power fiber amplifiers

  • Author

    Hansen, Kristian Rymann ; Laegsgaard, Jesper

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The effect of temperature gradients in Yb-doped fiber amplifiers is studied numerically. We investigate the dependence of the mode area on the signal power, and compare forward and backward pumping schemes.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; ytterbium; Yb-doped fiber amplifiers; high-power fiber amplifiers; mode area; pumping schemes; signal power; temperature gradients; thermal effects; Heating; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Permittivity; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951171