Numerical modeling of self-focusing beams in fiber amplifiers

Roger L. Farrow; G. Ronald Hadley; Arlee V. Smith; Dahv A. V. Kliner

doi:10.1117/12.701571

20 February 2007 Numerical modeling of self-focusing beams in fiber amplifiers

Roger L. Farrow, G. Ronald Hadley, Arlee V. Smith, Dahv A. V. Kliner

Proceedings Volume 6453, Fiber Lasers IV: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 645309 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.701571
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We have numerically investigated the behavior of the LP₀₁ fundamental mode of a step-index, multimode (MM) fiber as the optical power approaches the self-focusing limit (P_crit). The analysis includes the effects of optical gain and fiber bending and are thus applicable to coiled fiber amplifiers. We find that at powers below P_crit, there exist stably propagating power-dependent modifications of the LP₀₁ mode, in contrast to some previous solutions that exhibited large-amplitude oscillations in beam waist along the fiber. For the first time, to our knowledge, we show that in a MM fiber amplifier seeded with the low-power LP₀₁ eigenmode, the transverse spatial profile will adiabatically evolve through power-dependent stationary solutions as the beam is amplified toward P_crit. In addition, for a given value of the nonlinear index, P_crit is found to be nearly the same in the bulk material and in a step-index fiber. These conclusions hold for both straight and bent fibers, although the quantitative details are somewhat different.

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Roger L. Farrow, G. Ronald Hadley, Arlee V. Smith, and Dahv A. V. Kliner "Numerical modeling of self-focusing beams in fiber amplifiers", Proc. SPIE 6453, Fiber Lasers IV: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 645309 (20 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.701571

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