Title :
Analysis of the Emission Features in Graded-Index Polymer Optical Fiber Amplifiers
Author :
Ayesta, Igor ; Arrue, Jon ; Jiménez, Felipe ; Illarramendi, María Asunción ; Zubia, Joseba
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain
Abstract :
Organic dye-doped polymer optical fiber amplifiers (POFAs) are suitable for achieving high gains in short distances in the visible region. This paper presents a computational analysis of the optimum pump power and signal wavelength as a function of fiber length, numerical aperture, and radial distribution of dopant, for the case of a graded-index POFA doped with rhodamine B.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical polymers; emission features; fiber length; graded-index POFA; graded-index polymer optical fiber amplifiers; numerical aperture; optimum pump power; organic dye-doped polymer optical fiber amplifiers; radial distribution; rhodamine B; signal wavelength; visible region; Apertures; Equations; Gain; Mathematical model; Optical fiber amplifiers; Silicon; Doped fiber amplifiers; dye-density distribution; numerical aperture; polymer optical fiber (POF); rhodamine B (RB);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2011.2162102
