Author Affiliations
Key Laboratory of All Optical Network & Advanced Telecommunication Network (Ministry of Education), School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Structure of double-trench-assisted fan-segmented cladding fiber
Fig. 2. Equivalent refractive index profile of double-trench-assisted fan-segmented cladding fiber
Fig. 3. Structures of fan-segmented cladding fibers. (a) ST-FSCF; (b) FSCF
Fig. 4. Effect of core radius on fiber properties. (a) Leakage loss as a function of core radius; (b) mode area and loss ratio as functions of core radius
Fig. 5. Effect of bending orientation on fiber properties. (a) Leakage loss as a function of bending orientation; (b) mode area and loss ratio as functions of bending orientation
Fig. 6. Mode field distributions of LP01, LP11v, LP11h, and LP21 modes at different bending orientations. (a) φ=0°; (b) φ=22.5°
Fig. 7. Effect of bending radius on fiber properties. (a) Leakage loss as a function of bending radius; (b) mode area and loss ratio as functions of bending radius
Fig. 8. Bending loss and mode area as functions of trench width. (a) t1; (b) t2
Fig. 9. Bending loss and mode area as functions of resonant ring thickness. (a) d1; (b) d2
Fig. 10. Effect of wavelength on fiber properties. (a) Leakage loss as a function of wavelength; (b) mode area and loss ratio as functions of wavelength
Fig. 11. Bending loss and mode area as functions of index difference. (a) Δn1; (b) Δn2
Fig. 12. Combined effect of resonant ring thicknesses d1 and d2 on fiber properties. (a) Loss of FM; (b) minimal loss of HOM; (c) loss ratio
Property | FSCF | ST-FSCF | DT-FSCF |
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Core radius a /μm | 21/22/23/24 | 22/23/24/25 | 22/23/24/25 | Index difference Δn1 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | Index difference Δn2 | 0 | 0.005 | 0.005 | Trench width t1 /μm | 0 | 2 | 2 | Trench width t2 /μm | 0 | 0 | 2 | Resonant ring thickness d1 /μm | 0 | 9 | 9 | Resonant ring thickness d2 /μm | 0 | 0 | 12 | Fan segment angle θ /(°) | 45 | 45 | 45 | Cladding radius b /μm | 62.5 | 125 | 125 | Mode area /μm2 | 885/948/1011/1074 | 909/971/1034/1097 | 908/970/1033/1096 | FM /(dB·m-1) | 1.68/1.31/1.04/0.86 | 0.096/0.077/0.061/0.050 | 0.019/0.014/0.010/0.008 | Lowest-HOMS /(dB·m-1) | 24.7/17.4/12.3/9.1 | 3.16/1.93/1.24/0.85 | 6.74/1.53/3.64/1.27 | Loss ratio | 14/13/11/10/9 | 33/25/20/17 | 354/109//364/158 |
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Table 1. Comparison of properties of current work (DT-FSCF) and previous works (FSCF,ST-FSCF)