Diffraction modeling of the multicore fiber amplifier

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3072-3077

  Elkin, Nikolay N ^a,b   Napartovich, Anatoly P ^b   Troshchieva, Vera N ^b   Vysotsky, Dmitry V ^b  

^a MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b TROITSK INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION AND FUSION RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

3 D beam propagation method (BPM); Multicore fiber (MCF); Shift and invert Arnoldi's method

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; FIBER OPTICS; LASER MODES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

GAIN SATURATION; IN-PHASE MODE; MULTICORE FIBER; SHIFT-AND-INVERT ARNOLDI'S METHOD; SMALL-SIGNAL GAIN;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 36348947056     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.901517     Document Type: Article

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