• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 40, Issue 23, 2306005 (2020)
Yanqiu Xie, Baojian Wu*, and Feng Wen
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Ministry of Education, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611731, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS202040.2306005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yanqiu Xie, Baojian Wu, Feng Wen. Influence of Refractive Index Perturbation on Mode Extinction Ratio in Few-Mode Fibers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(23): 2306005 Copy Citation Text show less
    Cases with the refractive index perturbation independent of the propagation direction. (a) Core misalignment; (b) structure mismatching
    Fig. 1. Cases with the refractive index perturbation independent of the propagation direction. (a) Core misalignment; (b) structure mismatching
    Optical power evolution of two modes for the single mode input. (a) γ=0; (b) γ=2
    Fig. 2. Optical power evolution of two modes for the single mode input. (a) γ=0; (b) γ=2
    Effect of refractive index perturbation on modal extinction ratio
    Fig. 3. Effect of refractive index perturbation on modal extinction ratio
    Mode extinction ratio of mode combination Cm.n in the multimode fiber at different lengths, in which Cm.n represents the pattern combination of patterns m and n
    Fig. 4. Mode extinction ratio of mode combination Cm.n in the multimode fiber at different lengths, in which Cm.n represents the pattern combination of patterns m and n
    ParameterValue
    Refractive index of fiber core n11.4468
    Refractive index of cladding n21.4378
    Radius of fiber core r /μm7
    Refractive index perturbation δn2/10-65.06
    Wavelength of signal light λs /nm1550
    Table 1. Parameters of few-mode fiber with the refractive index perturbation
    Yanqiu Xie, Baojian Wu, Feng Wen. Influence of Refractive Index Perturbation on Mode Extinction Ratio in Few-Mode Fibers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(23): 2306005
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