• DocumentCode
    940796
  • Title

    Slab delivery of incoherent pump light to double-clad fiber amplifiers: an analytic approach

  • Author

    Kouznetsov, Dmitrii ; Moloney, Jerome V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    378
  • Lastpage
    383
  • Abstract
    Delivery of incoherent diode bar pump power via a tapered slab into a double-clad fiber amplifier allows for compact and efficient devices. We provide analytic estimates of system parameters for robust slab coupled configurations.
  • Keywords
    light coherence; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; double-clad fiber amplifiers; incoherent diode bar pump power; incoherent pump light; optical fiber amplifiers; optical fiber lasers; robust slab coupled configurations; slab delivery; tapered slab; Absorption; Brillouin scattering; Diodes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Power amplifiers; Pump lasers; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.2004.824695
  • Filename
    1278604