• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 45, Issue 7, 0706002 (2018)
Shaofan Lu, Yueyu Xiao*, and Xiaoyong Jiang
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
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    Shaofan Lu, Yueyu Xiao, Xiaoyong Jiang. Research on Fused Taper All Fiber Multi-Mode Multiplexer/De-Multiplexer[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2018, 45(7): 0706002 Copy Citation Text show less
    Structure of the multi-mode multiplexer/de-multiplexer
    Fig. 1. Structure of the multi-mode multiplexer/de-multiplexer
    Schematic of multi-mode multiplexer/de-multiplexer. (a) Structure of coupling area; (b) cross section of coupling area
    Fig. 2. Schematic of multi-mode multiplexer/de-multiplexer. (a) Structure of coupling area; (b) cross section of coupling area
    Coupling ratio as a function of core distance. (a) Coupling ratio of LP21 mode and LP02 mode as a function of core distance d2; (b) coupling ratio of LP11 mode as a function of core distance d1
    Fig. 3. Coupling ratio as a function of core distance. (a) Coupling ratio of LP21 mode and LP02 mode as a function of core distance d2; (b) coupling ratio of LP11 mode as a function of core distance d1
    Coupling length as a function of core distance
    Fig. 4. Coupling length as a function of core distance
    Power of LP01, LP11 and LP02 modes as a function of the propagation distance with the wavelength of 1550 nm
    Fig. 5. Power of LP01, LP11 and LP02 modes as a function of the propagation distance with the wavelength of 1550 nm
    Two-dimensional sketch of power flow for mode multiplexer with the wavelength of 1550 nm
    Fig. 6. Two-dimensional sketch of power flow for mode multiplexer with the wavelength of 1550 nm
    Coupling ratio of LP02 and LP11 modes as a function of wavelength
    Fig. 7. Coupling ratio of LP02 and LP11 modes as a function of wavelength
    Tolerance analysis of multi-mode multiplexer/de-multiplexer. (a) Coupling ratio of LP11 mode as a function of core distance d1; (b) coupling ratio of LP02 mode as a function of core distance d2
    Fig. 8. Tolerance analysis of multi-mode multiplexer/de-multiplexer. (a) Coupling ratio of LP11 mode as a function of core distance d1; (b) coupling ratio of LP02 mode as a function of core distance d2
    ParameterValue
    SMF1FMFSMF2
    Core diameter /μm5.6818.485.68
    Cladding diameter /μm125125125
    ncore1.472411.468051.469
    ncladding1.45711.45711.4571
    Table 1. Parameters of SMF and FMF in multi-mode multiplexer/de-multiplexer
    Fiber typeNeed modeconverterCouplinglength /μmMode type
    Fiber multiplexerin this paperNo4530LP01,LP02,LP11
    Fused fiber modecoupler[15]Need8520LP01,LP11a,LP11b
    SymmetricFMFcoupler[14]Need21500LP01,LP11a,LP02
    Table 2. Performance comparison with existing mode multiplexers
    Shaofan Lu, Yueyu Xiao, Xiaoyong Jiang. Research on Fused Taper All Fiber Multi-Mode Multiplexer/De-Multiplexer[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2018, 45(7): 0706002
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