title: Bend-compensated design of large-mode-area fibers.
abstract: Cone-shaped profiles illustrate the recently proposed bend-compensated strategy for large-mode-area amplifier fiber design. Simulations show that introducing a bend-compensating gradient into the fiber profile simultaneously improves mode area and reduces higher-order-mode impairments in a spooled-fiber amplifier.
authors.affiliation: OFS Laboratories, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, USA. fini@ofsoptics.com
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fini