Few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier with photonic lantern for pump spatial mode control

G. Lopez-Galmiche; Z. Sanjabi Eznaveh; J.E. Antonio-Lopez; A. M. Velazquez Benitez; Jorge Rodriguez-Asomoza; J. J. Sanchez Mondragon; C. Gonnet; P. Sillard; G. Li; A. Schülzgen; C.M. Okonkwo; R. Amezcua Correa

doi:10.1364/OL.41.002588

Few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier with photonic lantern for pump spatial mode control

G. Lopez-Galmiche, Z. Sanjabi Eznaveh, J.E. Antonio-Lopez, A. M. Velazquez Benitez, Jorge Rodriguez-Asomoza, J. J. Sanchez Mondragon, C. Gonnet, P. Sillard, G. Li, A. Schülzgen, C.M. Okonkwo, R. Amezcua Correa

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We demonstrate a few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier employing a mode-selective photonic lantern for controlling the modal content of the pump light. Amplification of six spatial modes in a 5 m long erbium-doped fiber to x223C;6.2x2009;x2009;dBm average power is obtained while maintaining high modal fidelity. Through mode-selective forward pumping of the two degenerate LP21 modes operating at 976 nm, differential modal gains of lt;1x2009;x2009;dB between all modes and signal gains of x223C;16x2009;x2009;dB at 1550 nm are achieved. In addition, low differential modal gain for near-full C-band operation is demonstrated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2588-2591
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	41
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.002588
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2016

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Lopez-Galmiche, G., Eznaveh, Z. S., Antonio-Lopez, J. E., Benitez, A. M. V., Rodriguez-Asomoza, J., Mondragon, J. J. S., Gonnet, C., Sillard, P., Li, G., Schülzgen, A., Okonkwo, C. M., & Amezcua Correa, R. (2016). Few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier with photonic lantern for pump spatial mode control. Optics Letters, 41(11), 2588-2591. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.002588

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Few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier with photonic lantern for pump spatial mode control

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