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Current status of few mode fiber amplifiers for spatial division multiplexed transmission

Current status of few mode fiber amplifiers for spatial division multiplexed transmission
Current status of few mode fiber amplifiers for spatial division multiplexed transmission
We review the performances of few-mode in-line fiber amplifiers for mode division multiplexed transmission systems. We have experimentally demonstrated that differential modal gain (DMG) of <2 dB can be achieved amongst the guided modes using ring shaped erbium doping profile. The amplifier provides >20 dB small signal gain for all the guided modes with a gain flatness of <4.0 dB over the full C-band. Numerical modelling suggests that the DMG can be reduced to <1 dB by adopting complex doping profiles with the complexity rises as the number of guided modes increases. We have also reported the experimental demonstration of a few mode amplifier at the emerging telecommunication window of 2 µm supporting 3 spatial modes.
060.2280 fiber design and fabrication (060.2320), fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators (060.2330), fiber optics communications
0974-6900
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Alam, Shaif-ul
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Jung, Yongmin
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Kang, Qiongyue
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Poletti, Francesco
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Richardson, David
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Alam, Shaif-ul
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Jung, Yongmin
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Kang, Qiongyue
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Poletti, Francesco
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Richardson, David
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Alam, Shaif-ul, Jung, Yongmin, Kang, Qiongyue, Poletti, Francesco, Sahu, Jayanta and Richardson, David (2015) Current status of few mode fiber amplifiers for spatial division multiplexed transmission. Journal of Optics, 1-10. (doi:10.1007/s12596-015-0283-4).

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Abstract

We review the performances of few-mode in-line fiber amplifiers for mode division multiplexed transmission systems. We have experimentally demonstrated that differential modal gain (DMG) of <2 dB can be achieved amongst the guided modes using ring shaped erbium doping profile. The amplifier provides >20 dB small signal gain for all the guided modes with a gain flatness of <4.0 dB over the full C-band. Numerical modelling suggests that the DMG can be reduced to <1 dB by adopting complex doping profiles with the complexity rises as the number of guided modes increases. We have also reported the experimental demonstration of a few mode amplifier at the emerging telecommunication window of 2 µm supporting 3 spatial modes.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 September 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 November 2015
Keywords: 060.2280 fiber design and fabrication (060.2320), fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators (060.2330), fiber optics communications
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 388110
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/388110
ISSN: 0974-6900
PURE UUID: e00f68d1-d06d-4c16-b9f9-8a13f93b94b8
ORCID for Yongmin Jung: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-4372
ORCID for Francesco Poletti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-3083
ORCID for Jayanta Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152
ORCID for David Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 19 Feb 2016 13:59
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:31

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Author: Shaif-ul Alam
Author: Yongmin Jung ORCID iD
Author: Qiongyue Kang
Author: Jayanta Sahu ORCID iD

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