Dynamic population gratings in highly doped erbium fibers

作者:Melle, Sonia*; Calderon, Oscar G.; Zhuo, Zhong C.; Anton, Miguel A.; Carreno, Fernando
来源:Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, 2011, 28(7): 1631-1637.
DOI:10.1364/JOSAB.28.001631

摘要

The efficiency of the dynamic population gratings recorded in highly doped erbium fibers has been studied. We find that the grating response increases with optical density, although the presence of erbium ion pairs in fibers with ion density of the order of 6.3 x 10(25) m(-3) degrades the grating efficiency. The experimental results have been reproduced including inhomogeneous upconversion processes in the nonlinear coupled-wave equations.