Title :
Optical fiber amplifier employing a bundle of reduced cladding erbium-doped fibers for multi-core fiber transmission
Author :
Tsujikawa, Kyozo ; Ma, Lin ; Ichii, Kentaro ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Yamada, Makoto ; Hanzawa, Nobutomo ; Ono, Hirotaka
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a novel optical amplifier that employs a bundle of erbium-doped fibers for multi-core fiber transmission. We demonstrate the amplification of seven independent signals by using a bundle of EDFs with 60 μm cladding.
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; EDF; multicore fiber transmission; optical fiber amplifier; reduced cladding erbium-doped fibers; size 60 mum; Coatings; Gain; Noise figure; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1526-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280810
