Numerical modeling of lathanide-ion doped fibre lasers operating within mid-infrared wavelength region

S�jka, L.; Furniss, David; Tang, Zhuoqi; Sakr, H.; Barney, Emma R.; Benson, Trevor M.; Seddon, Angela B.; Sujecki, S.; Scholle, K.; Lamrini, S.; Fuhrberg, P.

Abstract

We discuss the numerical modelling of lanthanide-ion doped chalcogenide glass fibre lasers for operation in the mid-infrared wavelength region. We extract the modelling parameters from emission and absorption measurements using Judd-Ofelt and McCumber theory. Numerical algorithms are developed based on the experimentally extracted fibre parameters. The simulation results predict lasing with slope efficiency of at least 20 % provided, that the fibre loss can be kept at the level of 1 dB/m or less.

Citation

Sójka, L., Furniss, D., Tang, Z., Sakr, H., Barney, E. R., Benson, T. M., …Fuhrberg, P. (2016). Numerical modeling of lathanide-ion doped fibre lasers operating within mid-infrared wavelength region.

• Conference Name: 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
• End Date: Jul 14, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Apr 9, 2016
• Publication Date: Jul 14, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 29, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 29, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Fibre laser modeling, Mid-infrared light, Numerical modelling
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