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Computational analysis of the amplification features of active plastic optical fibers
Author(s) -
Ayesta I.,
Arrue J.,
Jiménez F.,
Illarramendi M. A.,
Zubia J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201084111
Subject(s) - lasing threshold , rhodamine 6g , materials science , amplified spontaneous emission , optoelectronics , laser , optical amplifier , optical fiber , optics , stimulated emission , doping , amplifier , fiber laser , physics , fluorescence , cmos , wavelength
Polymer optical fibers doped with organic dyes can be used as efficient optical amplifiers and lasers in the visible region. We computationally study the spectral evolution with distance of the pulses propagating along such fibers. The main goal is to analyze the lasing threshold and the slope efficiency as functions of the fraction of spontaneous emission that contributes to laser emission. The discussion focuses on rhodamine‐6G doped fibers.