Object-oriented numerical simulation of a passively modelocked fiber laser

Abdullah S. Karar; Alan L. Steele; Tom Smy

doi:10.1117/12.779071

30 October 2007 Object-oriented numerical simulation of a passively modelocked fiber laser

Abdullah S. Karar, Alan L. Steele, Tom Smy

Proceedings Volume 6796, Photonics North 2007; 679638 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779071
Event: Photonics North 2007, 2007, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

We report on an object-oriented based simulation of a passively modelocked fiber laser containing a long period fiber grating. Object oriented concepts, such as polymorphism, encapsulation, operator overload and delegation can be used effciently to implement extendable and reusable C++ code for scientific computing. It was found that decreasing the level of encapsulation reduces the computational time. The numerical model is based on the normalized complex Ginzburg-Landau equation and the nonlinear coupled mode equations of the grating. The modelocked pulse energy was found to exhibit a wide range of nonlinear dynamics. To accurately capture these dynamics highly robust and numerically stable variations of the split step Fourier method were implemented.

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Abdullah S. Karar, Alan L. Steele, and Tom Smy "Object-oriented numerical simulation of a passively modelocked fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 6796, Photonics North 2007, 679638 (30 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779071

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