• 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