Title : 
2-Mode EDFA with low loss PLC type coupler for mode division multiplexed transmission
         
        
            Author : 
Wada, Masaki ; Sakamoto, Takanori ; Mori, Takayoshi ; Yamamoto, Takayuki ; Yamamoto, Fumihiko
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We realized a PLC-type coupler with low signal and pump losses of less than 2 dB, and we evaluated the signal OSNR for both the LP01 and LP11 modes after a 1000 km transmission with our 2-mode EDFA.
         
        
            Keywords : 
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; wavelength division multiplexing; 2-mode EDFA; LP01 modes; LP11 modes; distance 1000 km; low loss PLC type coupler; mode division multiplexed transmission; signal OSNR; transmission; Couplers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Insertion loss; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Melbourne, VIC