Title :
Experimental analysis of the impact of beating between signal modes on few-mode erbium doped fiber amplifier performance
Author :
Akhtari, Simon ; Finkenbusch, Martin ; Winfield, Richard ; Krummrich, Peter M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of High-Freq. Technol., Tech. Univ. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Abstract :
We analyze the impact of beating effects between signal modes experimentally by comparing gain values for modulated and CW signals. We measure noticeable differences because of mode beating and mode dependent EDFA saturation.
Keywords :
erbium; laser beams; laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; CW signals; beating impact; few-mode erbium doped fiber amplifier performance; gain values; mode dependent EDFA saturation; modulated signals; signal modes; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Optical fiber amplifiers; Three-dimensional displays;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
