Coupled-Core Optical Amplifier

Fontaine, NK; Lopez, JEA; Chen, H; Ryf, R; Neilson, D; Schulzgen, A; Zaharias, JCA; Essiambre, RJ; Sakuma, H; Hasegawa, T; Nakanishi, T; Hayashi, T; Amezcua-Correa, R

Lopez, JEA (reprint author), Univ Cent Florida, CREOL, Coll Opt & Photon, Orlando, FL 32816 USA.

2017 OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION (OFC), 2017; ( ):

Abstract

We demonstrate a 4-core fiber amplifier that has strongly coupled cores at both the pump and signal wavelengths. Strong mode-coupling minimizes the mo......

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