• DocumentCode
    1946989
  • Title

    Mode-selective dissimilar fiber photonic-lantern spatial multiplexers for few-mode fiber

  • Author

    Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Leon-Saval, Sergio G. ; Ryf, R. ; Gil, Joel R. Salazar ; Ercan, Burcu ; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a 3 core fiber-based photonic lantern spatial-multiplexer that selectively excites the LP01 and LP11 modes. The mode-selectivity is greater than 6 dB and insertion loss is below 2.4 dB when coupled to a graded-index FMF.
  • Keywords
    gradient index optics; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; 3 core fiber-based photonic lantern spatial-multiplexer; LP01 modes; LP11 modes; graded-index few-mode fiber; insertion loss; mode-selective dissimilar fiber photonic-lantern spatial multiplexers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-759-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2013.1680
  • Filename
    6647873