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
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