Definition
The efficiency of absorption of pumping energy in the fiber is an important parameter of a double-clad fiber laser. In many cases this efficiency can be approximated with
where
- is the cross-sectional area of the cladding
- is the radius of the core (which is taken to be circular)
- is the absorption coefficient of pump light in the core
- is the length of the double-clad fiber, and
- is a dimensionless adjusting parameter, which is sometimes called the "filling factor"; .
The filling factor may depend on the initial distribution of the pump light, the shape of the cladding, and the position of the core within it.
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