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Amplification of 12 OAM Modes in an air-core erbium doped fiber

Amplification of 12 OAM Modes in an air-core erbium doped fiber
Amplification of 12 OAM Modes in an air-core erbium doped fiber
We theoretically propose an air-core erbium doped fiber amplifier capable of providing relatively uniform gain for 12 orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes (|L| = 5, 6 and 7, where |L| is the OAM mode order) over the C-band. Amplifier performance under core pumping conditions for a uniformly doped core for each of the supported pump modes (110 in total) was separately assessed. The differential modal gain (DMG) was found to vary significantly depending on the pump mode used, and the minimum DMG was found to be 0.25 dB at 1550 nm provided by the OAM (8,1) pump mode. A tailored confined doping profile can help to reduce the pump mode dependency for core pumped operation and help to increase the number of pump modes that can support a DMG below 1 dB. For the more practical case of cladding-pumped operation, where the pump mode dependency is almost removed, a DMG of 0.25 dB and a small signal gain of >20 dB can be achieved for the 12 OAM modes across the full C-band.
1094-4087
28341-28348
Kang, Qiongyue
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Jung, Yongmin
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Alam, Shaiful
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Richardson, David
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Kang, Qiongyue
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Jung, Yongmin
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Alam, Shaiful
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Richardson, David
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Kang, Qiongyue, Jung, Yongmin, Alam, Shaiful and Richardson, David (2015) Amplification of 12 OAM Modes in an air-core erbium doped fiber. Optics Express, 23 (22), 28341-28348. (doi:10.1364/OE.23.028341). (PMID:26561104)

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Abstract

We theoretically propose an air-core erbium doped fiber amplifier capable of providing relatively uniform gain for 12 orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes (|L| = 5, 6 and 7, where |L| is the OAM mode order) over the C-band. Amplifier performance under core pumping conditions for a uniformly doped core for each of the supported pump modes (110 in total) was separately assessed. The differential modal gain (DMG) was found to vary significantly depending on the pump mode used, and the minimum DMG was found to be 0.25 dB at 1550 nm provided by the OAM (8,1) pump mode. A tailored confined doping profile can help to reduce the pump mode dependency for core pumped operation and help to increase the number of pump modes that can support a DMG below 1 dB. For the more practical case of cladding-pumped operation, where the pump mode dependency is almost removed, a DMG of 0.25 dB and a small signal gain of >20 dB can be achieved for the 12 OAM modes across the full C-band.

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Submitted date: 29 July 2015
Accepted/In Press date: 28 September 2015
Published date: 21 October 2015
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 384305
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/384305
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 17c2cf07-6c9a-4d0e-84db-ae2c27168d38
ORCID for Yongmin Jung: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-4372
ORCID for David Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 11 Dec 2015 09:35
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:31

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Author: Qiongyue Kang
Author: Yongmin Jung ORCID iD
Author: Shaiful Alam

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