Few-Mode TDFA for Mode Division Multiplexing at 2µm

Author

Jung, Yongmin ; Shardlow, P.C. ; Belal, M. ; Li, Zuyi ; Heidt, Alexander M. ; Daniel, J.M.O. ; Jain, Divya ; Sahu, J.K. ; Clarkson, W.A. ; Corbett, Brandon ; O´Callaghan, James ; Alam, S.U. ; Richardson, D.J.

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

14-16 July 2014

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

153

Abstract

We report the first demonstration of an inline two mode group thulium-doped fiber amplifier (TMG-TDFA) operating at 2μm for mode-division multiplexed transmission. Similar gain and noise figure performance are obtained for both spatial modes under cladding-pumped operation.

Keywords

laser modes; laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; optical pumping; space division multiplexing; thulium; cladding-pumped operation; few-mode TDFA; gain figure performance; inline two mode group thulium-doped fiber amplifier; mode-division multiplexed transmission; noise figure performance; spatial modes; wavelength 2 mum; Gain measurement; Laser excitation; Multiplexing; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Probes; 2 micron; Space division multiplexing; Thulium doped fiber amplifier;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2766-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SUM.2014.85

Filename

6903033