DocumentCode
562097
Title
Experimental study on multimode fiber amplifier using modal reconfigurable pump
Author
Bai, Neng ; Ip, Ezra ; Luo, Yanhua ; Peng, Gang-Ding ; Wang, Ting ; Li, Guifang
Author_Institution
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
A two-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier is experimentally characterized. Mode dependent gain is measured for different pump modes, and the results are compared with theory. We verified that higher-order pumping can help reduce mode-dependent gain.
Keywords
erbium; laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; higher-order pumping; modal reconfigurable pump; mode dependent gain; multimode fiber amplifier; two-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain; Laser beams; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6192102
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