Multicore EDFA for Space Division Multiplexing

Yukihiro TSUCHIDA; Koichi MAEDA; Ryuichi SUGIZAKI

doi:10.1587/transcom.E97.B.1265

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Multicore EDFA for Space Division Multiplexing

Yukihiro TSUCHIDA, Koichi MAEDA, Ryuichi SUGIZAKI

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We propose multi-core erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for next-generation optical amplifiers utilized by space-division multiplexing technologies. Multi-core erbium-doped fiber amplifiers were studied widely as a means for overcoming exponential growth of internet traffic in the backbone network. We consider two approaches to excitation of erbium irons; One is core-pumping scheme, the other is cladding-pumping scheme. For a core-pumping configuration, we evaluate its applicability to future ultra long-haul network. In addition, we demonstrate that cladding-pumping configuration will enable reduction of power consumption, size, and cost because one multimode pumping laser diode can excite several cores simultaneously embedded in a common cladding and amplify several signals passed through the multi-core erbium-doped fiber cores.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E97-B No.7 pp.1265-1271

Publication Date: 2014/07/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1345

DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E97.B.1265

Type of Manuscript: Special Section INVITED PAPER (Joint Special Section on Opto-electronics and Communications for Future Optical Network)

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Yukihiro TSUCHIDA
  Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Koichi MAEDA
  Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Ryuichi SUGIZAKI
  Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

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multi-core EDFA, cladding pumping, low power consumption

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Yukihiro TSUCHIDA, Koichi MAEDA, Ryuichi SUGIZAKI, "Multicore EDFA for Space Division Multiplexing" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications, vol. E97-B, no. 7, pp. 1265-1271, July 2014, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E97.B.1265.
Abstract: We propose multi-core erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for next-generation optical amplifiers utilized by space-division multiplexing technologies. Multi-core erbium-doped fiber amplifiers were studied widely as a means for overcoming exponential growth of internet traffic in the backbone network. We consider two approaches to excitation of erbium irons; One is core-pumping scheme, the other is cladding-pumping scheme. For a core-pumping configuration, we evaluate its applicability to future ultra long-haul network. In addition, we demonstrate that cladding-pumping configuration will enable reduction of power consumption, size, and cost because one multimode pumping laser diode can excite several cores simultaneously embedded in a common cladding and amplify several signals passed through the multi-core erbium-doped fiber cores.
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