Beam quality of photonic-crystal fibers

Arash Mafi; Jerome V. Moloney

doi:10.1109/JLT.2005.850028

Beam quality of photonic-crystal fibers

Arash Mafi, Jerome V. Moloney

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the beam quality of photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs) with one, three, and seven missing airholes. The beam quality factor M² of a PCF is generally larger than unity, even if it is single mode. The results are especially important for the design and measurements of single-mode PCF lasers. A comparison between an M² measurement of the laser beam and the reported numbers can establish whether a PCF laser is operating as single mode or is contaminated by higher order modes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2267-2270
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	23
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2005.850028
State	Published - Jul 2005

Keywords

Beam quality factor
Photonic crystals

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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