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
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2004.824695
