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Numerical simulation of incoherent optical wave propagation in nonlinear fibers*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2013

Arnaud Fernandez ,
Stéphane Balac ,
Alain Mugnier ,
Fabrice Mahé ,
Rozenn Texier-Picard ,
Thierry Chartier  and
David Pureur
Arnaud Fernandez*
Affiliation:
UEB, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Rennes I, 5 boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France CNRS FOTON (UMR 6082), ENSSAT, 6 rue de Kerampont, BP 80518, 22305 Lannion, France
Stéphane Balac
Affiliation:
UEB, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Rennes I, 5 boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France CNRS FOTON (UMR 6082), ENSSAT, 6 rue de Kerampont, BP 80518, 22305 Lannion, France
Alain Mugnier
Affiliation:
QUANTEL, 4 rue Louis de Broglie, 22300 Lannion, France
Fabrice Mahé
Affiliation:
UEB, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Rennes I, 5 boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France IRMAR (CNRS UMR 6625), Université de Rennes I, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France
Rozenn Texier-Picard
Affiliation:
IRMAR (CNRS UMR 6625), ENS Cachan Bretagne, av. Robert Schuman, 35170 Bruz, France
Thierry Chartier
Affiliation:
UEB, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Rennes I, 5 boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France CNRS FOTON (UMR 6082), ENSSAT, 6 rue de Kerampont, BP 80518, 22305 Lannion, France
David Pureur
Affiliation:
QUANTEL, 4 rue Louis de Broglie, 22300 Lannion, France
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ae-mail: afernand@laas.fr
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Abstract

The present work concerns the study of pulsed laser systems containing a fiber amplifier for boosting optical output power. In this paper, this fiber amplification device is included into a MOPFA laser, a master oscillator coupled with fiber amplifier, usually a cladding-pumped high-power amplifier often based on an ytterbium-doped fiber. An experimental study has established that the observed nonlinear effects (such as Kerr effect, four waves mixing, Raman effect) could behave very differently depending on the characteristics of the optical source emitted by the master laser. However, it has not yet been possible to determine from the experimental data if the statistics of the photons is alone responsible for the various nonlinear scenarios observed. Therefore, we have developed a numerical simulation software for solving the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a stochastic source term in order to validate the hypothesis that the coherence properties of the master laser are mainly liable for the behavior of the observed nonlinear effects.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , November 2013 , 24506
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© EDP Sciences, 2013

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Contribution to the Topical Issue “Numelec 2012”, Edited by Adel Razek.

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