Title :
Mode-area scaling of helical-core dual-clad fiber lasers and amplifiers
Author :
Jiang, Z. ; Marciante, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Laser Energetics, Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
Helical-core, dual-clad fibers have been designed for single-mode operation with 60-μm cores and 0.10 NA. Helical fibers are shown to perform where conventional coiled fibers cannot operate, with possible scaling to 200-μm-diameter helical cores.
Keywords :
laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; 200 mum; 60 mum; dual-clad fiber lasers; fiber amplifiers; helical fibers; helical-core lasers; mode-area scaling; single-mode operation; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Geometrical optics; Laser modes; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202296
