Title :
Free-space coupling conditions for multi-core few-mode fibers
Author :
Klaus, Werner ; Sakaguchi, Jun ; Puttnam, B.J. ; Awaji, Y. ; Wada, N.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We investigate the effect of various coupling conditions on coupling loss and crosstalk when using a phase plate to simultaneously launch higher-order modes in all cores of a multi-core few-mode fiber.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; coupling loss; crosstalk; free-space coupling conditions; higher-order modes; multi-core few-mode fibers; phase plate; Couplings; Crosstalk; Lenses; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.100
