journal article·2016-12-01Open access

Power characteristics of planar index-antiguided waveguide lasers with transverse mode competition

Chaofan Wang, Yuanye Liu, Lee W. Casperson, Tsing-Hua Her

AIP Advances· Volume 6· Issue 12

Abstract

We report comprehensive analysis of output characteristics of homogeneously broadened index-antiguided slab lasers with transverse mode competition. Robust single fundamental mode operation is achieved when the distributive modal loss due to index antiguiding dominates the output coupling loss. Maximal laser efficiency under single fundamental mode operation is investigated numerically for various combinations of single-pass gains and losses. We show analytically that an asymptotic limit of such efficiency exists that is solely determined by the loss ratio between the fundamental and 1st higher-order modes, which equals 66.7% for planar index antiguided lasers.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies · Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics · Photonic and Optical Devices

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The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 3 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications, , 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA

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