Assembly and Characterization of a Multimode EDFA using Digital Holography

We present the assembly and characterization of a multimode EDFA supporting up to 45 modes using digital holography to measure the transfer matrix of the system at each step to obtain mode dependent loss and crosstalk characteristics of the amplifier.

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