Title :
High power effects in long period optical fiber gratings
Author :
Kremp, Tristan ; Nicholson, Jeffrey W. ; Fini, John M. ; Westbrook, Paul S.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We investigate nonlinear effects in long period gratings in a large mode area fiber. Simulations indicate that self-focusing effects can be significant at the power levels where self and cross phase modulation impair the mode conversion.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical self-focusing; phase modulation; cross phase modulation; high power effects; large mode area fiber; long period optical fiber gratings; mode conversion; nonlinear effects; self phase modulation; self-focusing effects; Gratings; Indexes; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Phase modulation; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
