Accurate modal gain control in a multimode erbium doped fiber amplifier incorporating ring doping and a simple LP_01 pump configuration
Accurate modal gain control in a multimode erbium doped fiber amplifier incorporating ring doping and a simple LP_01 pump configuration
We experimentally validate a numerical model to study multimode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (MM-EDFAs). Using this model, we demonstrate the improved performance achievable in a step index MM-EDFA incorporating a localized erbium doped ring and its potential for Space Division Multiplexed (SDM) transmission. Using a pure LP01 pump beam, which greatly simplifies amplifier construction, accurate modal gain control can be achieved by carefully tuning the thickness of the ring-doped layer in the active fiber and the pump power. In particular, by optimizing the erbium-ring-doped structure and the length of active fiber used, over 20dB gain for both LP01 and LP11 signals with a maximum gain difference of around 2 dB across the C band are predicted for a pure LP01 pump beam delivering 250mW power at 980nm.
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Poletti, Francesco
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28 August 2012
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Lim, Ee Leong
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Jung, Yongmin
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Sahu, Jayanta K.
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Poletti, Francesco
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Baskiotis, Catherine
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Alam, Shaif-Ul
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Richardson, David J.
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Kang, Qiongyue, Lim, Ee Leong, Jung, Yongmin, Sahu, Jayanta K., Poletti, Francesco, Baskiotis, Catherine, Alam, Shaif-Ul and Richardson, David J.
(2012)
Accurate modal gain control in a multimode erbium doped fiber amplifier incorporating ring doping and a simple LP_01 pump configuration.
Optics Express, 20 (19), .
(doi:10.1364/OE.20.020835).
Abstract
We experimentally validate a numerical model to study multimode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (MM-EDFAs). Using this model, we demonstrate the improved performance achievable in a step index MM-EDFA incorporating a localized erbium doped ring and its potential for Space Division Multiplexed (SDM) transmission. Using a pure LP01 pump beam, which greatly simplifies amplifier construction, accurate modal gain control can be achieved by carefully tuning the thickness of the ring-doped layer in the active fiber and the pump power. In particular, by optimizing the erbium-ring-doped structure and the length of active fiber used, over 20dB gain for both LP01 and LP11 signals with a maximum gain difference of around 2 dB across the C band are predicted for a pure LP01 pump beam delivering 250mW power at 980nm.
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Published date: 28 August 2012
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Qiongyue Kang
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Ee Leong Lim
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Jayanta K. Sahu
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Francesco Poletti
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Catherine Baskiotis
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Shaif-Ul Alam
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