Open AccessAmplification of 18 OAM modes in a ring-core erbium-doped fiber with low differential modal gain
Author(s) -
Jingwen Ma,
Fei Xia,
Shi Chen,
Shuhui Li,
Jian Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.27.038087
Subject(s) - optics , optical amplifier , erbium , physics , erbium doped fiber amplifier , core (optical fiber) , angular momentum , wavelength division multiplexing , wavelength , laser , quantum mechanics
We theoretically propose two orbital angular momentum (OAM) erbium-doped ring-core fiber (RCF) amplifiers capable of providing relatively uniform gain for 22 modes with 18 OAM ones over the C-band. Two schemes of doping profile are discussed, one with single layer erbium doping and the other with double layer erbium doping. Theoretical analyses and numerical simulations suggest that the proposed first OAM erbium-doped fiber amplifier (OAM-EDFA) can obtain a gain larger than 20 dB for all 22 modes with differential modal gain (DMG) lower than 0.71 dB. The second OAM-EDFA performs better and can provide a larger gain over 21.5 dB for all 22 modes, with a smaller DMG below 0.27 dB and the noise figure (NF) lower than 3.9 dB over the whole C band. The presented OAM-EDFA may open up new perspectives for long-distance transmission in capacity scaling fiber-optic communications using OAM modes.