First demonstration of a 2μm few-mode TDFA for mode division multiplexingF

Y. Jung; P. C. Shardlow; M. Belal; Z. Li; A. M. Heidt; J. M.O. Daniel; D. Jain; J. K. Sahu; W. A. Clarkson; B. Corbett; J. O'Callaghan; S. U. Alam; D. J. Richardson

doi:10.1364/OE.22.010544

First demonstration of a 2μm few-mode TDFA for mode division multiplexingF

Y. Jung
, P. C. Shardlow
, M. Belal
, Z. Li
, A. M. Heidt
, J. M.O. Daniel
, D. Jain
, J. K. Sahu
, W. A. Clarkson
, B. Corbett
, J. O'Callaghan
, S. U. Alam
, D. J. Richardson

University of Southampton

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Abstract

We report the first demonstration of an inline few-mode thulium doped fiber amplifier (TDFA) operating at 2μm for mode division multiplexed transmission. Similar gain and noise figure performance for both the LP01 and LP11 modes are obtained in a cladding pumped 2-mode group TDFA. A maximum gain of 18.3dB was measured at 1970nm with a 3dB gain bandwidth of 75nm while the average noise figure was measured to be between 7 and 8dB for wavelengths longer than 1970nm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10544-10549
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	22
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.010544
Publication status	Published - 2014

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