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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
