• DocumentCode
    733248
  • Title

    Annular cladding erbium-doped multi-core fiber for SDM amplification

  • Author

    Jin, C. ; Ung, B. ; Messaddeq, Y. ; LaRochelle, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre d´Opt., Photonique et Laser (COPL), Univ. Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An annular cladding ED-MCF is proposed to enhance pump power efficiency. Simulations suggest amplification with over 29 dB gain and less than 7.5 dB noise figure at 1550 nm using a single Watt-level pump.
  • Keywords
    erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre testing; optical noise; optical pumping; space division multiplexing; SDM amplification; annular cladding erbium-doped multicore fiber; noise figure; pump power efficiency enhancement; wavelength 1550 nm; Gain; Multicore processing; Multiplexing; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183685