Large-mode-area Bragg fiber with microstructured core for suppression of high-order modes

Svetlana S. Aleshkina; Mikhail E. Likhachev; Andrey D. Pryamikov; Dmitry A. Gaponov; Alexandr N. Denisov; Sergei L. Semjonov; Mikhail M. Bubnov; Mikhail Yu. Salganskii; Alexei N. Guryanov

doi:10.1117/12.854463

14 May 2010 Large-mode-area Bragg fiber with microstructured core for suppression of high-order modes

Svetlana S. Aleshkina, Mikhail E. Likhachev, Andrey D. Pryamikov, Dmitry A. Gaponov, Alexandr N. Denisov, Sergei L. Semjonov, Mikhail M. Bubnov, Mikhail Yu. Salganskii, Alexei N. Guryanov

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Proceedings Volume 7714, Photonic Crystal Fibers IV; 771413 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854463
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2010, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

Photonic bandgap Bragg fibers are promising for designing large-mode-area structures owing to their high bend immunity. However, at a large core diameter, filtering of high-order modes (mainly, the LP₁₁ mode) becomes difficult, because the propagation constant of such modes is close to that of the fundamental LP₀₁ mode. In this paper, we demonstrate the possibility to suppress high-order modes in Bragg fibers by introducing low-index inclusions into the Bragg fiber core. Numerical analysis shows that an appropriate choice of the position and types of such inclusions allows one to increase the LP₁₁ mode radiation loss without increasing the optical loss of the fundamental LP₀₁ mode. The Bragg fiber with two B-doped and two F-doped rods in the core was fabricated and studied. The fundamental LP01 mode at 1064 nm had a mode-field area of about 340μm² and an optical loss below 0.2 dB/m at a bending radius of 15 cm. The LP₁₁ mode was not observed in both bent and straight fibers at this wavelength. Only the LP₂₁ mode was detected in a straight fiber; however, it was completely suppressed after propagating a length of 60 cm in a fiber bent with a radius <50 cm.

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Svetlana S. Aleshkina, Mikhail E. Likhachev, Andrey D. Pryamikov, Dmitry A. Gaponov, Alexandr N. Denisov, Sergei L. Semjonov, Mikhail M. Bubnov, Mikhail Yu. Salganskii, and Alexei N. Guryanov "Large-mode-area Bragg fiber with microstructured core for suppression of high-order modes", Proc. SPIE 7714, Photonic Crystal Fibers IV, 771413 (14 May 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854463

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