Mode-bases gain difference for different phase profiles in few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Jie Zhang; Shecheng Gao; Wei Li; Jiajing Tu; Yanghua Xie; Cheng Du; Weiping Liu; Zhaohui Li

doi:10.1117/1.APN.4.1.016007

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 016007(2025)

Mode-bases gain difference for different phase profiles in few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Jie Zhang^1,2, Shecheng Gao^1、*, Wei Li³, Jiajing Tu¹, Yanghua Xie¹, Cheng Du³, Weiping Liu¹, and Zhaohui Li^2,4

¹Jinan University, College of Information Science and Technology, Department of Electronic Engineering, Guangzhou, China

²Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Electronics and Information Technology, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangzhou, China

³Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co. Ltd., Wuhan, China

⁴Southern Laboratory of Ocean Science and Engineering, Zhuhai, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Feb. 24, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 4, 2024

Published Online: Jan. 21, 2025

The Author Email: Gao Shecheng (gaosc825@163.com)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.1.016007

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