Suppression of higher-order modes by segmented core doping in rod-type photonic crystal fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4935-4942

  Poli, Federica ^a   Læsgaard, Jesper ^b   Passaro, Davide ^a   Cucinotta, Annamaria ^a   Selleri, Stefano ^a   Broeng, Jes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Optical fiber amplifiers; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER MODELS; EFFECTIVE AREA; GAIN COMPETITION; GUIDED MODES; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; INDEX MODELS; LARGE MODE AREA; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; ROD-TYPE FIBERS; SINGLE MODE;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; YTTERBIUM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 70349609309     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2026494     Document Type: Article

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