Performance of Few-mode EDFAs in Optical Space-Division Multiplexed Communication Systems
Author(s) -
Hesham A. Youssef,
Ziad A. El-Sahn,
Adel A. El-Zoghabi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asia communications and photonics conference 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1364/acpc.2014.ath3a.81
Subject(s) - erbium doped fiber amplifier , wavelength division multiplexing , optical amplifier , optical communication , modal , mode (computer interface) , multiplexing , erbium , multi mode optical fiber , optics , fiber amplifier , mode volume , computer science , optical fiber , electronic engineering , optoelectronics , materials science , telecommunications , physics , doping , plastic optical fiber , engineering , wavelength , operating system , laser , polymer chemistry
We report a novel tailored ring-doped few-mode erbium doped fiber amplifier with mode-selective bidirectional pumping. We successfully demonstrate up to 10-spatial modes with zero differential modal gain, and a BER below 10−10 at 100 Gb/s.
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