Coupled Experiment/Simulation Approach for the Design of Radiation-Hardened Rare-Earth Doped Optical Fibers and Amplifiers

Sébastien Girard (1) , L. Mescia (2) , M. Vivona (3, 4, 5) , A. Laurent (5) , Y. Ouerdane (3) , C. Marcandella (1) , F. Prudenzano (6) , A. Boukenter (3) , T. Robin (5) , P. Paillet (1) , V. Goiffon (7) , B. Cadier (5) , M. Cannas (4) , R. Boscaino (4)

1 DAM - Direction des Applications Militaires
2 Politecnico di Bari
3 LHC - Laboratoire Hubert Curien
4 DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE FISICHE ED ASTRONOMICHE, UNIVERSITà DI PALERMO - Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche ed Astronomiche, Università di Palermo
5 IxFiber - IxFiber SAS
6 Università di Taranto, Italy
7 ISAE-SUPAERO - Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace

We propose a new approach coupling experiments and simulation to design radiation-hardened rare-earth doped optical fibers and amplifiers. The performances of a radiation-hardened Er/Yb up to 50krad are presented.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Sébastien Girard, L. Mescia, M. Vivona, A. Laurent, Y. Ouerdane, et al.. Coupled Experiment/Simulation Approach for the Design of Radiation-Hardened Rare-Earth Doped Optical Fibers and Amplifiers. Radiation Effects on Components and Systems Conference, Sep 2011, Seville, Spain. ⟨ujm-00634482⟩