Title :
Amplification characteristics of a multi-core erbium-doped fiber amplifier
Author :
Tsuchida, Yukihiro ; Maeda, Kumiko ; Mimura, Y. ; Matsuura, Hiroshi ; Miyabe, Ryo ; Aiso, Keiichi ; Sugizaki, Ryuichi
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Ichihara, Japan
Abstract :
A multi-core erbium-doped fiber amplifier with three cores was demonstrated. By utilizing MC-EDF with low cross-talk of -30dB, two 10-Gbit/s signals were simultaneously amplified with gain of 15dB and power penalty of less than 1dB.
Keywords :
erbium; optical crosstalk; optical fibre amplifiers; MC-EDF; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; gain 15 dB; low cross-talk; multicore erbium-doped fiber amplifier; power penalty; signal amplification; Couplings; Gain; Laser excitation; Multicore processing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization;
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
