Laser-Like Performance of Side-Pumped Dye-Doped Polymer Optical Fibers

Author

Arrue, J. ; Illarramendi, M.A. ; Ayesta, I. ; Jimenez, F. ; Zubia, J. ; Tagaya, A. ; Koike, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Univ. of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

2015

fDate

Apr-15

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

11

Abstract

Mirrorless graded-index polymer optical fibers doped with the organic dye rhodamine 6G result in very compact broadband fiber lasers in the visible region when pumped from the side. The emission spectrum, threshold, and efficiency obtained on both fiber ends depend on the lengths of the directly illuminated region and of the non-excited ones. The paper analyzes such parameters both experimentally and theoretically for the first time.

Keywords

dyes; fibre lasers; gradient index optics; optical polymers; optical pumping; directly illuminated region; efficiency; emission spectrum; laser-like performance; mirrorless graded-index polymer optical fibers; nonexcited region; organic dye rhodamine 6G; side-pumped dye-doped polymer optical fibers; threshold; very compact broadband fiber lasers; visible region; Absorption; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Amplified spontaneous emission; doped polymer optical fibers; organic dyes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2406073

Filename

7052362