Low-modal-crosstalk doped-fiber amplifiers in few-mode-fiber-based systems

Shuailuo Huang; Lei Shen; Gang Qiao; Yuanpeng Ding; Yuyang Gao; Jian Cui; Baolong Zhu; Siyuan Liu; Mingqing Zuo; Jinglong Zhu; Lei Zhang; Jie Luo; Yongqi He; Zhangyuan Chen; Juhao Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.521376

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 8, 1768(2024)

Low-modal-crosstalk doped-fiber amplifiers in few-mode-fiber-based systems

Shuailuo Huang¹, Lei Shen², Gang Qiao¹, Yuanpeng Ding², Yuyang Gao³, Jian Cui⁴, Baolong Zhu¹, Siyuan Liu¹, Mingqing Zuo⁵, Jinglong Zhu⁵, Lei Zhang², Jie Luo², Yongqi He¹, Zhangyuan Chen^1,6, and Juhao Li^1,6、*

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

²State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company, Wuhan 430073, China

³School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

⁴Department of Networks, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100033, China

⁵Department of Fundamental Network Technology, China Mobile Research Institute, Beijing 100053, China

⁶Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China

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Shuailuo Huang, Lei Shen, Gang Qiao, Yuanpeng Ding, Yuyang Gao, Jian Cui, Baolong Zhu, Siyuan Liu, Mingqing Zuo, Jinglong Zhu, Lei Zhang, Jie Luo, Yongqi He, Zhangyuan Chen, Juhao Li, "Low-modal-crosstalk doped-fiber amplifiers in few-mode-fiber-based systems," Photonics Res. 12, 1768 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Received: Feb. 9, 2024

Accepted: May. 29, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 2, 2024

The Author Email: Juhao Li (juhao_li@pku.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.521376

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