DocumentCode
733427
Title
Scaling the mode area of Rare-Earth doped step index fiber under current state of the art MCVD technology
Author
Jain, Deepak ; Jung, Yongmin ; Barua, Pranabesh ; Alam, Shaiful ; Sahu, Jayanta K.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Center, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate an ultra-low-NA (~0.038) Yb-doped step-index-fiber fabricated using conventional MCVD and solution-doping process. The fiber ensures ~700μm2 Aeff for effective-single-mode operation and 81% laser efficiency with M2 ~1.1 at a bend diameter of 32cm.
Keywords
MOCVD; fibre lasers; optical fibre fabrication; ytterbium; MCVD technology; bend diameter; conventional MCVD; effective-single-mode operation; laser efficiency; mode area; rare-earth doped step index fiber; size 32 cm; solution-doping process; ultralow-NA Yb-doped step-index-fiber; Fabrication; Indexes; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Refractive index;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7183866
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