Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 23, 2306003(2021)
Trench-Nanopore Assisted Double-Clad Weakly Coupled Few-Mode Fiber for Mode Division Multiplexing
We proposed a trench-nanopore assisted double-clad weakly coupled few-mode fiber to alleviate the crosstalk caused by the coupling of adjacent linearly polarized (LP) modes. First, the finite element method was employed to analyze the effects of the fiber parameters on the minimum effective refractive index difference (Δneff) between adjacent LP modes. Then, the fiber was optimized to support 14 LP modes and satisfy the weak coupling conditions. Finally, we analyzed the bending loss, effective mode field area, and differential mode group delay of the optical fiber. Simulation results show that a minimum Δneff of larger than 6×10 -4 among all LP modes over the C+L band can be achieved by introducing a nanopore with a 253 nm radius in the center of the fiber core. Meanwhile, the trench assistance structure added reduces the bending loss from 10 -3 dB/m to 10 -5 dB/m, thereby providing the fiber with favorable bending resistance. The fiber, with good transmission performance, has great application potential in short-distance large-capacity mode division multiplexing systems.
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Xiao Lei, Fang Ren, Yiying Zhang, Jinyu Zhang, Jingjing Niu, Yanfei Zhang, Fujie Cui. Trench-Nanopore Assisted Double-Clad Weakly Coupled Few-Mode Fiber for Mode Division Multiplexing[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(23): 2306003
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: May. 6, 2021
Accepted: Jun. 10, 2021
Published Online: Nov. 29, 2021
The Author Email: Ren Fang (renfang@ustb.edu.cn)