Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 14, Issue 2, 88(2018)

LP01 to LP11 mode convertor based on side-polishedsmall-core single-mode fiber

Yan LIU1,2、*, Yang LI1, and Wei-dong LI1
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  • 1Key Lab of All Optical Network & Advanced Telecommunication Network, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • 2Institute of Lightwave Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
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    An all-fiber LP01-LP11 mode convertor based on side-polished small-core single-mode fibers (SMFs) is numerically demonstrated. The linearly polarized incident beam in one arm experiences π shift through a fiber half waveplate, and the side-polished parts merge into an equivalent twin-core fiber (TCF) which spatially shapes the incident LP01 modes to the LP11 mode supported by the step-index few-mode fiber (FMF). Optimum conditions for the highest conversion efficiency are investigated using the beam propagation method (BPM) with an approximate efficiency as high as 96.7%. The proposed scheme can operate within a wide wavelength range from 1.3 μm to1.7 μm with overall conver-sion efficiency greater than 95%. The effective mode area and coupling loss are also characterized in detail by finite element method (FEM).

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    LIU Yan, LI Yang, LI Wei-dong. LP01 to LP11 mode convertor based on side-polishedsmall-core single-mode fiber[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2018, 14(2): 88

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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 26, 2017

    Accepted: Nov. 29, 2017

    Published Online: Sep. 17, 2018

    The Author Email: Yan LIU (bjtuly@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-018-7234-7

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