Few-Mode Cr-Doped Fibers by Cladded High Index Glass for Broadband Fiber Amplifiers

Author

Wei-Lun Wang ; Gia-Ling Cheng ; Yi-Chung Huang ; Nan-Kuang Chen ; Sheng-Lung Huang ; Wood-Hi Cheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

26

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

15-Mar-14

Firstpage

587

Lastpage

590

Abstract

A few-mode Cr-doped crystalline core fiber (FMCDCCF) with high-index glass as a cladding is demonstrated. The FMCDCCF exhibits a core diameter of 34 μm and a V-value of 3.4, which could guide about two linear modes in theory, namely the LP₀₁ and LP₁₁ modes in fiber. A 4.1-dB gross gain of the FMCDCCF at wavelength of 1400-nm was obtained. Further study on higher gain is essential to open the possibility of utilizing the FMCDCCF as broadband fiber amplifiers for use in the next-generation optical transmission systems.

Keywords

chromium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; refractive index; Cr; LP₀₁ mode theory; LP₁₁ mode theory; broadband fiber amplifiers; few-mode chromium-doped crystalline core fiber; gain 4.1 dB; high-index glass cladding; linear modes; next-generation optical transmission systems; size 34 mum; wavelength 1400 nm; Gain; Glass; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber theory; Fiber fabrication; few-mode crystalline core fiber; fiber laser; gross gain;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2300167

Filename

6722888