• DocumentCode
    1059117
  • Title

    BPM-Numerical Study of Microstructured Fiber With High Difference Index Profile

  • Author

    Lavoute, Laure ; Roy, Aude ; Leproux, Philippe ; Roy, Philippe ; Suran, Eric

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Dept., XLIM, Limoges
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    3261
  • Lastpage
    3268
  • Abstract
    A scalar beam propagation method is used to study confinement losses of air-clad fibers versus their geometrical parameters. The method is also applied to the computation of multimode guidance and pump absorption in two different microstructured fibers with high refractive index difference.
  • Keywords
    light absorption; light propagation; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; refractive index; air-clad fibers; beam propagation method; confinement losses; microstructured fiber; multimode guidance; pump absorption; refractive index difference; Bridges; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical fiber devices; Optical propagation; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds; Beam propagation method; high refractive index difference; microstructured fibers; pump absorption; pump propagation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2008.923928
  • Filename
    4738514