• DocumentCode
    608918
  • Title

    Vector mode effects in few moded erbium doped fiber amplifiers

  • Author

    Ee-Leong Lim ; Qiongyue Kang ; Gecevicius, Mindaugas ; Poletti, F. ; Alam, Shahinur ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We numerically investigate the effects of vector mode evolution in FM-EDFAs and show that evolution of the transverse pump and signal intensities can have a profound effect on the detailed amplifier performance depending on the nature of the pump and signal modes involved.
  • Keywords
    erbium; laser modes; numerical analysis; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre theory; optical pumping; FM-EDFA; amplifier performance; few moded erbium doped fiber amplifiers; numerical analysis; pump mode; signal mode; transverse pump intensity; transverse signal intensity; vector mode effects; Doped fiber amplifiers; Electric fields; Erbium; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Solids; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0457-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6533058