Title :
Amplification Technology for Multi-Core Fiber Transmission
Author :
Ono, H. ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Ichii, K. ; Yamada, Makoto
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
Amplification technologies are categorized for a multi-core erbium-doped fiber amplifier (MC-EDFA) including a pump scheme and an active fiber. MC-EDFAs are described that employ discretely pumped single-cladding MC-EDF and cladding-pumped double-cladding MC-EDF.
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; MC-EDFA; active fiber; amplification technology; cladding-pumped double-cladding MC-EDF; discretely pumped single-cladding MC-EDF; multicore erbium-doped fiber amplifier; multicore fiber transmission; pump scheme; Crosstalk; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Gain; Multicore processing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; multi-core fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.82
