Title :
15-Spatial-mode photonic lanterns based on ultrafast laser inscription
Author :
Binbin Guan;Burcu Ercan;Nicolas K. Fontaine;Roland Ryf;Haoshuo Chen;Ryan P. Scott;Yumeng Zhang;S. J. B. Yoo
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, One Shields, Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated a 15-spatial-mode photonic lantern fabricated with the ultrafast laser inscription technique. The fabricated device showed <;6.5-7 dB insertion loss (IL) and <;8-dB mode dependent loss. It enables 30 modes (15 spatial and 2 polarizations) multiplexing across the C-band.
Keywords :
"Optical fiber devices","Optical fiber networks","Multiplexing","Optical fiber amplifiers","Photonics","Optical losses","Fabrication"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341651
