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
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;
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
