• Advanced Photonics Nexus
  • Vol. 2, Issue 3, 036002 (2023)
Yize Liang1、2、3、†, Chengkun Cai1、2、3, Kangrui Wang1、2、3, Xiaokang Lian1、2、3, Jue Wang1、2、3, Jinfeng Liu1、2、3, Lei Shen4, and Jian Wang1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan, China
  • 2Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan, China
  • 3Shenzhen Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
  • 4Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC), State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology, Wuhan, China
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.APN.2.3.036002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yize Liang, Chengkun Cai, Kangrui Wang, Xiaokang Lian, Jue Wang, Jinfeng Liu, Lei Shen, Jian Wang. Low-insertion-loss femtosecond laser-inscribed three-dimensional high-density mux/demux devices[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(3): 036002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Recently, transmitting diverse signals in different cores of a multicore fiber (MCF) has greatly improved the communication capacity of a single fiber. In such an MCF-based communication system, mux/demux devices with broad bandwidth are of great significance. In this work, we design and fabricate a 19-channel mux/demux device based on femtosecond laser direct writing. The fabricated mux/demux device possesses an average insertion loss of 0.88 dB and intercore crosstalk of no more than - 29.1 dB. Moreover, the fabricated mux/demux device features a broad bandwidth across the C+L band. Such a mux/demux device enables low-loss 19-core fiber (de)multiplexing over the whole C+L band, showing a convincing potential value in wavelength-space division multiplexing applications. In addition, a 19-core fiber fan-in/fan-out system is also established based on a pair of mux/demux devices in this work.
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    Yize Liang, Chengkun Cai, Kangrui Wang, Xiaokang Lian, Jue Wang, Jinfeng Liu, Lei Shen, Jian Wang. Low-insertion-loss femtosecond laser-inscribed three-dimensional high-density mux/demux devices[J]. Advanced Photonics Nexus, 2023, 2(3): 036002
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