Design and characterization of multicore erbium-doped fibers
Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Proceedings: ECOC 2016
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
LaRochelle, Sophie; Jin, Cang; Messaddeq, Younes (COPL, Université Laval, Québec QC, G1V 0A6, Canada)
Abstract:
We discuss the design and performance of double-cladding multicore erbium-doped fibers for space-division multiplexing. We describe optimization of signal core and pump annular-cladding to improve pumping efficiency and demonstrate designs leading to gain >19 dB and noise figure <6 dB.