• DocumentCode
    1303009
  • Title

    Gain Equalization for Few-Mode Fiber Amplifiers Beyond Two Propagating Mode Groups

  • Author

    Ip, Ezra

  • Author_Institution
    NEC Labs. America, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1933
  • Lastpage
    1936
  • Abstract
    We investigate gain equalization in few-mode fibers supporting more than two-mode groups at the signal wavelengths and find that a combination of pump control and doping profile optimization is required to equalize mode-dependent gain.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibres; few mode fiber amplifiers; gain equalization; mode dependent gain; propagating mode; Doping profiles; Gain; Noise figure; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory; Refractive index; Fiber optical communications; nonlinear optical signal processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2012.2219521
  • Filename
    6316074
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1303009