Low-loss, high-purity, and ultrabroadband all-fiber LP<sub>41</sub> mode converter employing a mode-selective photonic lantern [Invited]

Liang Chen; Huiyi Guo; Zekun Shi; Wenzhe Chang; Boyu Chen; Zhi Wang; Yan-ge Liu

doi:10.3788/COL202321.110008

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 11, 110008(2023)

Low-loss, high-purity, and ultrabroadband all-fiber LP₄₁ mode converter employing a mode-selective photonic lantern [Invited]

Liang Chen, Huiyi Guo, Zekun Shi, Wenzhe Chang, Boyu Chen, Zhi Wang, and Yan-ge Liu^*

Author Affiliations

Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China

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Liang Chen, Huiyi Guo, Zekun Shi, Wenzhe Chang, Boyu Chen, Zhi Wang, Yan-ge Liu, "Low-loss, high-purity, and ultrabroadband all-fiber LP₄₁ mode converter employing a mode-selective photonic lantern [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 110008 (2023)

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Special Issue: SPECIAL ISSUE ON OISE MAJOR JOINTLY ESTABLISHED BY TIANJIN UNIVERSITY AND NANKAI UNIVERSITY

Received: Sep. 26, 2023

Accepted: Oct. 20, 2023

Published Online: Nov. 13, 2023

The Author Email: Yan-ge Liu (ygliu@nankai.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.110008

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