• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 2, 81 (2018)
Yan-ru XUE1、2, Wei-hong BI1、3、*, Wa JIN1, Peng-fei TIAN1, Peng JIANG1, Qiang LIU1, and Yun JIN1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
  • 2College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science & Technology, Qinhuang-dao 066004, China
  • 3Key Laboratory for Special Fiber and Fiber Sensor of Heibei Province, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-018-7141-y Cite this Article
    XUE Yan-ru, BI Wei-hong, JIN Wa, TIAN Peng-fei, JIANG Peng, LIU Qiang, JIN Yun. All-fiber mode converter based on superimposed longperiod fiber gratings[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2018, 14(2): 81 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this paper, a novel broadband all-fiber mode converter is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Through writ-ing a pair of superimposed long period fiber gratings (SLPFGs) in tow-mode fiber (TMF) with a CO2 laser, the mode converter can realize the conversion from LP01 to LP11 owing to the phase matching condition. Numerical and experi-mental results show that the bandwidth of this mode converter is 3 times broader than that of a single grating converter. The converter has low loss, high coupling efficiency, small size and is easy to fabricate, so it can be widely used in mode-division multiplexing.
    XUE Yan-ru, BI Wei-hong, JIN Wa, TIAN Peng-fei, JIANG Peng, LIU Qiang, JIN Yun. All-fiber mode converter based on superimposed longperiod fiber gratings[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2018, 14(2): 81
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