• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 1, 010601 (2017)
Md. Ziaul Amin and Khurram Karim Qureshi*
Author Affiliations
  • Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.010601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Md. Ziaul Amin, Khurram Karim Qureshi. Investigation of clustering effects on erbium-doped fiber laser performance[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(1): 010601 Copy Citation Text show less
    Energy level diagram of Er3+ and upconversion process[4].
    Fig. 1. Energy level diagram of Er3+ and upconversion process[4].
    Forward pump tunable EDFRL configuration.
    Fig. 2. Forward pump tunable EDFRL configuration.
    Simulation model of forward pump tunable EDFRL.
    Fig. 3. Simulation model of forward pump tunable EDFRL.
    Simulation model for determining EDF absorption coefficient[18].
    Fig. 4. Simulation model for determining EDF absorption coefficient[18].
    EDFRL performance with a doping concentration of 300 ppm.
    Fig. 5. EDFRL performance with a doping concentration of 300 ppm.
    EDFRL performance with 600 ppm doping concentration.
    Fig. 6. EDFRL performance with 600 ppm doping concentration.
    EDF absorption characteristics.
    Fig. 7. EDF absorption characteristics.
    Comparative EDFL performance analysis with different ion concentrations.
    Fig. 8. Comparative EDFL performance analysis with different ion concentrations.
    ParametersValue
    Pump power100 mW
    Pump wavelength980 nm
    Erbium ion concentration300 and 600 ppm
    Erbium metastable lifetime10 ms
    Fiber core radius1.8 μm
    Erbium doping radius1.6 μm
    Numerical aperture0.32
    EDF length13 m
    HUC Coefficient15×10(24)m3/s
    Ions per cluster2, 6 and 10
    Relative number of clusters10%
    Table 1. Simulation Parameters for EDFRL Performance Evaluation
    Md. Ziaul Amin, Khurram Karim Qureshi. Investigation of clustering effects on erbium-doped fiber laser performance[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(1): 010601
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