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Spontaneous Rayleigh seeding of stimulated Rayleigh scattering in high power fiber amplifiers
Arlee V. Smith, Jesse J. Smith
We estimate the Stokes wave starting power for stimulated thermal Rayleigh scattering (STRS) produced by thermal fluctuations in the fiber core that transiently alter the refractiv…
Increased mode instability thresholds of fiber amplifiers by gain saturation
Arlee V. Smith, Jesse J. Smith
We show by numerical modeling that saturation of the population inversion reduces the stimulated thermal Rayleigh gain relative to the laser gain in large mode area fiber amplifier…
Steady-periodic method for modeling mode instability in fiber amplifiers
Arlee V. Smith, Jesse J. Smith
We present a detailed description of the methods used in our model of mode instability in high-power, rare earth-doped, large-mode-area fiber amplifiers. Our model assumes steady-p…
Modeled fiber amplifier performance near the mode instability threshold
Arlee V. Smith, Jesse J. Smith
We numerically model fiber amplifier performance near and slightly above the mode instability threshold. These results are compared with recently published experimental work. Using…
Frequency dependence of mode coupling gain in Yb doped fiber amplifiers due to stimulated thermal Rayleigh scattering
Arlee V. Smith, Jesse J. Smith
Using a numerical model we study the frequency dependence of mode coupling gain due to stimulated thermal Rayleigh scattering in step index, Yb doped, fiber amplifiers. The frequen…
Maximizing the mode instability threshold of a fiber amplifier
Arlee V. Smith, Jesse J. Smith
We show by detailed numerical modeling that stimulated thermal Rayleigh scattering can account for the modal instability observed in high power fiber amplifiers. Our model illustra…