Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 4, 0406001(2022)

Gain Equalization of 4-Mode Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Based on Cladding Pump

Jiangran Ruan1,2, Li Pei1,2、*, Jingjing Zheng1,2, Jianshuai Wang1,2, Wenxuan Xu1,2, Jing Li1,2, and Tigang Ning1,2
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  • 1Key Laboratory of All Optical Network and Advanced Telecommunication Network, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • 2Institute of Lightwave Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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    Refractive index distribution, erbium ion doping distribution, and mode field distribution in ring core fiber. (a) Refractive index distribution and erbium ion doping distribution in ring core fiber; (b) mode field distribution
    DMG of ring core fiber varying with a1
    DMG of FM-EDFA varying with Δn2 and d
    Gain and DMG of FM-EDFA varying with pump power
    Gain and DMG of FM-EDFA varying with fiber length
    Spectra of 4-mode group of FM-EDFA. (a) Gain and DMG; (b) noise figure
    DMG varying with offsets of N1 and N2
    DMG varying with offsets of a1 and a2
    Distribution characteristic of DMG
    • Table 1. Performance comparison of proposed FM-EDFA and other FM-EDFAs

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      Table 1. Performance comparison of proposed FM-EDFA and other FM-EDFAs

      FiberSchemeSignal modeDMG /dBFM-EDFA
      Step fiberCore pumping (high-order mode)LP01, LP111.20Ref. [21]
      Step fiberLayered doping & core pumpingLP01, LP11, LP21, LP020.50Ref. [18]
      Step fiberLayered doping & cladding pumpLP01, LP11, LP21, LP020.60Ref. [23]
      Step fiberLayered doping & core pumpingLP01, LP11, LP21, LP022.50Ref. [17]
      Ring core fiberCore pumpingLP01, LP11, LP21, LP31, LP410.60Ref. [22]
      Ring core fiberLayered doping & cladding pumpLP01, LP11, LP21, LP310.45Proposed
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    Jiangran Ruan, Li Pei, Jingjing Zheng, Jianshuai Wang, Wenxuan Xu, Jing Li, Tigang Ning. Gain Equalization of 4-Mode Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier Based on Cladding Pump[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(4): 0406001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jun. 23, 2021

    Accepted: Aug. 20, 2021

    Published Online: Jan. 29, 2022

    The Author Email: Pei Li (lipei@bjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.0406001

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