• DocumentCode
    1942239
  • Title

    Few-mode EDFA supporting 5 spatial modes with reconfigurable differential modal gain control

  • Author

    Jung, Yongmin ; Kang, Q. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Corbett, Brandon ; Winfield, R. ; Poletti, F. ; Alam, S.U. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate a FM-EDFA supporting 5 spatial modes with reconfigurable differential gain control and excellent gain-flatness obtained through mode-selective bi-directional pumping of a custom fiber with a radially-profiled erbium dopant distribution.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; few-mode EDFA; mode-selective bidirectional pumping; radially-profiled erbium dopant distribution; reconfigurable differential modal gain control; spatial mode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-759-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2013.1467
  • Filename
    6647660