Title :
Tapered Fiber Bundle 7
1 End-Pumping Coupler Capable of High Power CW Operation
Author :
Qirong Xiao ; Haichui Ren ; Xiao Chen ; Pin Yan ; Mali Gong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Precision Instrum., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A high efficiency tapered fiber bundle (TFB) 7 × 1 end-pumping coupler with a handle pumping power of 3.01 kW and a coupling efficiency of 99.4% was reported. The coupling efficiency of the TFB 7 × 1 end-pumping coupler is calculated by the 3-D beam propagation method. According to the theoretical results, the excellent TFB 7 × 1 end-pumping coupler is manufactured successfully in experiment.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical fibre couplers; 3-D beam propagation method; coupling efficiency; end-pumping coupler; high efficiency tapered fiber bundle; high power CW operation; power 3.01 kW; Couplers; Couplings; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory; Fiber lasers; optical fiber devices;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2288111