Space-division multiplexing: the next frontier in optical communication

G Li, N Bai, N Zhao, C **a - Advances in optics and photonics, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Space-division multiplexing (SDM) uses multiplicity of space channels to increase capacity
for optical communication. It is applicable for optical communication in both free space and …

Few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: A review

L Bigot, G Le Cocq, Y Quiquempois - Journal of Lightwave …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Space-division multiplexing has brought a fresh perspective to the optical fiber community
over the last three years and many global players around the world have been involved with …

High-gain integrated in-line few-mode amplifier enabling 3840-km long-haul transmission

T Xu, T Gao, Y Wang, W Li, W Li, C Du, Z Yang… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
An integrated few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier (FM-EDFA) with high modal gain is
suitable for the in-line amplification in mode-division multiplexing transmission (MDM) …

[HTML][HTML] Differential mode-gain equalization via femtosecond laser micromachining-induced refractive index tailoring

C Zhang, S Zhang, Y Zeng, Y Wang, M **ang… - Light: Advanced …, 2024 - light-am.com
The mode-division multiplexing technique combined with a few-mode erbium-doped fiber
amplifier (FM-EDFA) demonstrates significant potential for solving the capacity limitation of …

Reconfigurable modal gain control of a few-mode EDFA supporting six spatial modes

Y Jung, Q Kang, JK Sahu, B Corbett… - IEEE Photonics …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate an inline few-mode erbium doped fiber amplifier supporting
six spatial modes with reconfigurable differential gain control and excellent gain flatness …

Modeling and characterization of a few-mode EDFA supporting four mode groups for mode division multiplexing

G Le Cocq, L Bigot, A Le Rouge, M Bigot-Astruc… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Numerical and experimental study of a Few-Mode (FM) Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
(EDFA) suitable for mode division multiplexing (MDM) is reported. Based on numerical …

Cladding pumped few-mode EDFA for mode division multiplexed transmission

Y Jung, EL Lim, Q Kang, TC May-Smith, NHL Wong… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate a few-mode erbium doped fiber amplifier (FM-EDFA)
supporting 6 spatial modes with a cladding pumped architecture. Average modal gains are …

Demonstration of an all-fiber cladding-pumped FM-EDFA with low differential modal gain

Y Chang, L Pei, J Zheng, J Wang, Q He, J Li… - Optics & Laser …, 2022 - Elsevier
An all-fiber few mode erbium doped fiber amplifier (FM-EDFA) with low differential modal
gain (DMG) is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated. Firstly, a double-cladding six …

[HTML][HTML] Aiming for high-capacity multi-modal free-space optical transmission leveraging complete modal basis sets

Z Hu, Y Li, Z Chen, DM Benton, AAI Ali, M Patel… - Optics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Free-space optical (FSO) communication has gained much interest due to its capability of
providing not only a cost-efficient solution where the optical fiber is too expensive or too …

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

G Lopez-Galmiche, Z Sanjabi Eznaveh… - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
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 …