Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 10, 1006004(2019)

Gain-Equalized Remotely Pumped Few-Mode Fiber Amplifier

Zhenzhen Zhang1, Cheng Guo1, Yichi Zhang2, Cheng Du2, Liang Cui1, and Xiaoying Li1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments & Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
  • 2Fiberhome & Fujikura Optics Fiber Co. Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China;
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    Mode division multiplexing is becoming a potential approach to overcome the capacity crunch of a single-mode fiber transmission system. In the future mode- and wavelength-division multiplexing system, different spatial modes and the wavelength gain difference will affect the transmission capacity and speed. In this study, to realize the modal gain equalization and wavelength gain flatness, a 44.5 km few-mode fiber with ultra-low loss is pumped by the 1480 nm pump light with LP11 mode,and the distributed Raman amplification through the few-mode fiber is realized. The few-mode erbium doped fiber is pumped by the residual pump light, and the lumped few-mode erbium doped fiber amplification is realized. A remotely pumped few-mode fiber amplifier is experimentally demonstrated. The average equivalent on-off gain is greater than 15 dB, and a differential modal gain approximately 2 dB in the wavelength range of 1560-1600 nm is achieved.

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    Zhenzhen Zhang, Cheng Guo, Yichi Zhang, Cheng Du, Liang Cui, Xiaoying Li. Gain-Equalized Remotely Pumped Few-Mode Fiber Amplifier[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(10): 1006004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Apr. 4, 2019

    Accepted: Jun. 24, 2019

    Published Online: Oct. 9, 2019

    The Author Email: Li Xiaoying (xiaoyingli@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.1006004

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