• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 11, 110008 (2023)
Liang Chen, Huiyi Guo, Zekun Shi, Wenzhe Chang..., Boyu Chen, Zhi Wang and Yan-ge Liu*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.110008 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Liang Chen, Huiyi Guo, Zekun Shi, Wenzhe Chang, Boyu Chen, Zhi Wang, Yan-ge Liu, "Low-loss, high-purity, and ultrabroadband all-fiber LP41 mode converter employing a mode-selective photonic lantern [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 110008 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Broadband mode converters are essential devices for space-division and wavelength-division multiplexing systems. There are great challenges in the generation of higher-order modes above the third order with low loss and high mode purity employing all-fiber devices. In this paper, an all-fiber LP41 mode converter is proposed and fabricated by tapering a nine-core single-mode fiber bundle. Experimental results indicate that this all-fiber LP41 mode converter is low-loss, high-purity, and ultrabroadband. The insertion loss is less than 0.4 dB. The purity of odd LP41 at 1310 nm is 95.09%, and the operating bandwidth exceeds 280 nm.

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    Liang Chen, Huiyi Guo, Zekun Shi, Wenzhe Chang, Boyu Chen, Zhi Wang, Yan-ge Liu, "Low-loss, high-purity, and ultrabroadband all-fiber LP41 mode converter employing a mode-selective photonic lantern [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 110008 (2023)
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