DocumentCode
3096326
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
fYear
2012
fDate
9-11 July 2012
Firstpage
228
Lastpage
229
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1526-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280810
Filename
6280810
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