FAQ

What to do if the software does not start or an error occurs due to the protection USB stick?

To solve the problem, please do the following steps:
0. Remove the USB Stick and Start your computer with administration rights
1. download the following file
www.fiberdesk.com/HASP_SRM_Runtime_cmd_line.zip
2. please unzip and start the containing file haspdinst.exe from the command line to uninstall all previous drivers completely by:
haspdinst -purge
3. again, from the command line, install the new driver by
haspdinst -install
4. Insert the USB Stick and start fiberdesk.exe

Which publications have been made using the software?

The following publications contain simulations done with FiberDesk:

Michael Mielke, David Gaudiosi, Kyungbum Kim, Tolga Yilmaz, Michael Greenberg, Sha Tong, Xinhua Gu, Mark Geusen, Robert Cline, Mark Slovick, Neill Allen, Michael Manning, Barry Schuler and Steven Sapers, "Pulse and Amplifier Dynamics in High Energy Fiber Optic Ultrashort Pulse Laser Systems," Proc. SPIE Vol. 7214 (Feb. 6, 2009).

S. Hädrich, J. Rothhardt, F. Röser, T. Gottschall, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, "Degenerate optical parametric amplifier delivering sub 30 fs pulses with 2GW peak power," Opt. Express 16, 19812-19820 (2008) [link]

T. Eidam, F. Röser, O. Schmidt, J. Limpert and A. Tünnermann, "57 W, 27 fs pulses from a fiber laser system using nonlinear compression," Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Vol. 92, 1, pp. 9-12 (2008) [link]

B. Ortaē et. al. "Passively mode-locked single-polarization microstructure fiber laser," Opt. Express 16, 2122-2128 (2008) [link]

T. Schreiber, D. Schimpf, D. Müller, F. Röser, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, "Influence of pulse shape in self-phase-modulation-limited chirped pulse fiber amplifier systems," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 1809-1814 (2007) [link]

T. Schreiber, B. Ortaē, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, "On the study of pulse evolution in ultra-short pulse mode-locked fiber lasers by numerical simulations," Opt. Express 15, 8252-8262 (2007) [link]

C. Aguergaray, T. V. Andersen, D. N. Schimpf, O. Schmidt, J. Rothhardt, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, E. Cormier, and A. Tünnermann, "Parametric amplification and compression to ultrashort pulse duration of resonant linear waves," Opt. Express 15, 5699-5710 (2007) [link]

B. Ortac, M. Plötner, T. Schreiber, J. Limpert, and A. Tünnermann, "Experimental and numerical study of pulse dynamics in positive net-cavity dispersion modelocked Yb-doped fiber lasers," Opt. Express 15, 15595-15602 (2007) [link]

T. V. Andersen et. al., "High repetition rate tunable femtosecond pulses and broadband amplification from fiber laser pumped parametric amplifier," Opt. Express 14, 4765-4773 (2006) [link]

T. Schreiber et. al., "Microjoule-level all-polarization-maintaining femtosecond fiber source," Opt. Lett. 31, 574-576 (2006) [link]

T. Schreiber et. al., "Supercontinuum generation by femtosecond single and dual wavelength pumping in photonic crystal fibers with two zero dispersion wavelengths," Opt. Express 13, 9556-9569 (2005) [link]

J. Limpert et. al., "Ultra-broad bandwidth parametric amplification at degeneracy," Opt. Express 13, 7386-7392 (2005) [link]

J. Limpert et. al., "High-power femtosecond Yb-doped fiber amplifier," Opt. Express 10, 628-638 (2002) [link]

Can FiberDesk be used for ns pulses or CW light?

In principle, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation permits the propagation of long pulses. However, effects like Brillioun scattering and stimulated Raman scattering are not yet implemented. Additionally, one has to keep in mind that the spectral bandwidth is given by the temporal resolution (time window over number of datapoints). For instance, for the maximum number of datapoints a 80 ns pulse with an bandwidth of ~100 nm @ 1µm central wavelength can be handled.

What is the minimum pulse duration FiberDesk can handle?

The extended nonlinear Schrödinger equation (including the higher order terms of self-steepening and the delayed nonlinear response) can handle pulses down to 20 fs with no significant differences to non-approximated methodes.

What are the possibilities of FiberDesk in simulating pulses in photonic crystal fibers?

Simulating pulses in photonic crystal fibers can be made using FiberDesk, if the right nonlinear coefficient (or mode field diameter of the fundamental mode) is available and the dispersion is either given in a Taylor series expansion or by the parameters of the hole size and spacing of the holey fiber. Birefringent photonic crystal fibers can also be modelled by solving two coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equation (please contact the webmaster for more details).