The thermal properties of photonic crystal fiber(PCF) laser with 18 circularly distributed cores are investigated by using full-vector finite element method(FEM).The results show that the 18-core PCF has a more effect...The thermal properties of photonic crystal fiber(PCF) laser with 18 circularly distributed cores are investigated by using full-vector finite element method(FEM).The results show that the 18-core PCF has a more effective thermal dispersion construction compared with the single core PCF and 19-core PCF.In addition,the temperature distribution of 18-core PCF laser with different thermal loads is simulated.The results show that the core temperature approaches the fiber drawing value of 1800 K approximately when the thermal load is above 80 W/m which corresponds to the pumping power of 600 W approximately,while the coating temperature approaches the damage value of about 550 K when the thermal load is above 15 W/m which corresponds to the pumping power of 110 W approximately.Therefore the fiber cooling is necessary to achieve power scaling.Compared with other different cooling systems,the copper cooling scheme is found to be an effective method to reduce the thermal effects.展开更多
A model based on propagation rate equations is built up for analyzing the multicore Iransverse mode gain distribution in an 18-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) laser. The two kinds of feedback cavities are used for...A model based on propagation rate equations is built up for analyzing the multicore Iransverse mode gain distribution in an 18-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) laser. The two kinds of feedback cavities are used for the fiber laser, which are the buttcontact mirror and the Talbot cavity. According to the model, the transverse mode competitions in different feedback cavities are simulated numerically. The results show that the Talbot cavity can improve in-phase supermode gain, while sunnress other sunerrnodes.展开更多
A tunable thermo-optic intensity-modulated switch is investigated theoretically and numerically. It is based on the infiltration of temperature-sensitive mixture liquids into index-guiding photonic crystal fibers (P...A tunable thermo-optic intensity-modulated switch is investigated theoretically and numerically. It is based on the infiltration of temperature-sensitive mixture liquids into index-guiding photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). The switching function attributes to the thermo-optic effect of the effective refractive index of the cladding. The simulation illustrates that the switch presents a tunable transition point according to the concentration of the mixture liquids, and the on-off switching functionality can be realized within a narrow temperature range of 2 ℃. The switches have wide application for innovative all-in-fiber optical communication and logic devices.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CB327801)the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60637010)the Natural Science Research Project in University of Hebei Province(No.Z2010163)
文摘The thermal properties of photonic crystal fiber(PCF) laser with 18 circularly distributed cores are investigated by using full-vector finite element method(FEM).The results show that the 18-core PCF has a more effective thermal dispersion construction compared with the single core PCF and 19-core PCF.In addition,the temperature distribution of 18-core PCF laser with different thermal loads is simulated.The results show that the core temperature approaches the fiber drawing value of 1800 K approximately when the thermal load is above 80 W/m which corresponds to the pumping power of 600 W approximately,while the coating temperature approaches the damage value of about 550 K when the thermal load is above 15 W/m which corresponds to the pumping power of 110 W approximately.Therefore the fiber cooling is necessary to achieve power scaling.Compared with other different cooling systems,the copper cooling scheme is found to be an effective method to reduce the thermal effects.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CB327801)the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60637010)
文摘A model based on propagation rate equations is built up for analyzing the multicore Iransverse mode gain distribution in an 18-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) laser. The two kinds of feedback cavities are used for the fiber laser, which are the buttcontact mirror and the Talbot cavity. According to the model, the transverse mode competitions in different feedback cavities are simulated numerically. The results show that the Talbot cavity can improve in-phase supermode gain, while sunnress other sunerrnodes.
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China(No.2010CB327801)
文摘A tunable thermo-optic intensity-modulated switch is investigated theoretically and numerically. It is based on the infiltration of temperature-sensitive mixture liquids into index-guiding photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). The switching function attributes to the thermo-optic effect of the effective refractive index of the cladding. The simulation illustrates that the switch presents a tunable transition point according to the concentration of the mixture liquids, and the on-off switching functionality can be realized within a narrow temperature range of 2 ℃. The switches have wide application for innovative all-in-fiber optical communication and logic devices.