Study On Optical Communications, Volume. 51, Issue 2, 240015-01(2025)

Research on a New Type of Ring-core Fiber and Mode Selective Coupler

Qingxiang XU1... Miao YAN2, Maochun LI2, Junhao ZHANG1, Xiaoyu MA1 and Wei CHEN1,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1a. Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks of Shanghai City; b. Optical Fiber Research Institute; c. Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • 2Laboratory of Science and Technology on Marine Navigation and Control, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Tianjin 300130, China
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    Received: Jan. 22, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 22, 2025

    The Author Email: CHEN Wei (chenweiSD@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.13756/j.gtxyj.2025.240015

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