Comparison of amplification in large area fibers using cladding-pump and fundamental-mode core-pump schemes.

We compare the amplification of various modes in large mode area fibers when the pump is coupled into the fundamental core mode versus the standard cladding-pump scheme. Our simulations show that pumping in the LP(01) core mode results in differential gain for the fundamental signal mode which suppresses the higher order modes and amplified spontaneous emission compared to the cladding pump scheme. This differential gain effect is predicted to increase with core size and may provide a path to scale fiber mode area to several thousand square micron.

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