Mode-dependent Gain Reduction in Coupled Multi-core EDF with Smaller Core Pitch
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Imada, Ryota; Sakamoto, Taiji; Aozasa, Shinichi; Nakajima, Kazuhide
- Source
- 2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2022. :1-3 Mar, 2022
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fibers
Location awareness
Power demand
Multicore processing
Bending
Optical fiber communication
- Language
We discuss the reduction in mode-dependent gain (MDG) in coupled-multi-core erbium-doped fiber (C-MC-EDF) with smaller core pitch by optimizing the bending radius. Our results indicate the possibility of C-MC-EDFA with both low power consumption and MDG.