• DocumentCode
    733488
  • Title

    Thermo-optic degradation of single-modedness in active LMA fibers and simple compensation mechanisms

  • Author

    Supradeepa, V.R. ; Fini, John M.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Nano Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate significant thermo-optic degradation of single-modedness in active large mode area fibers due to heat generation in the fiber. We propose and demonstrate through simulations, simple compensation mechanisms using custom length dependent fiber coiling.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; thermo-optical effects; active large mode area fibers; custom length dependent fiber coiling; heat generation; simple compensation mechanisms; single-modedness; thermo-optic degradation; Absorption; Degradation; Heating; Indexes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optimized production technology; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183928