32-core erbium/ytterbium-doped multicore fiber amplifier for next generation space-division multiplexed transmission system
32-core erbium/ytterbium-doped multicore fiber amplifier for next generation space-division multiplexed transmission system
We present a high-core-count 32-core multicore Erbium/Ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier (32c-MC-EYDFA) in a cladding pumped configuration. A side pumping technique is employed for ease of pump coupling in this monolithic all-fiber amplifier. A minimum gain of >17 dB and an average noise figure (NF) of 6.5 dB is obtained over all cores in the wavelength range 1534 nm-1561 nm for -4 dBm input signal power. The core-to-core variation for both amplifier gain and NF is measured to be <2 dB. The 32c-MC-EYDFA was then tested in a repeatered multicore fiber (MCF) loop system and transmission over distances >1850 km was successfully demonstrated. We also compare the total power consumption of our MC-EYDFAs with that of 32 conventional single core erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) to illustrate the potential power saving benefits.
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Jain, Saurabh, Castro, Carlos, Jung, Yongmin, Hayes, John, Sandoghchi, Reza, Mizuno, Takayuki, Sasaki, Yusuke, Amma, Yoshimichi, Miyamoto, Yutaka, Bohn, Marc, Pulverer, Klaus, Nooruzzaman, Md, Morioka, Toshio, Alam, Shaiful and Richardson, David J.
(2017)
32-core erbium/ytterbium-doped multicore fiber amplifier for next generation space-division multiplexed transmission system.
Optics Express, 25 (26), .
(doi:10.1364/OE.25.032887).
Abstract
We present a high-core-count 32-core multicore Erbium/Ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier (32c-MC-EYDFA) in a cladding pumped configuration. A side pumping technique is employed for ease of pump coupling in this monolithic all-fiber amplifier. A minimum gain of >17 dB and an average noise figure (NF) of 6.5 dB is obtained over all cores in the wavelength range 1534 nm-1561 nm for -4 dBm input signal power. The core-to-core variation for both amplifier gain and NF is measured to be <2 dB. The 32c-MC-EYDFA was then tested in a repeatered multicore fiber (MCF) loop system and transmission over distances >1850 km was successfully demonstrated. We also compare the total power consumption of our MC-EYDFAs with that of 32 conventional single core erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) to illustrate the potential power saving benefits.
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Submitted date: 31 August 2017
Accepted/In Press date: 12 October 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 December 2017
Published date: 18 December 2017
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Takayuki Mizuno
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Toshio Morioka
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