Few‐Mode Long‐Period Fiber Grating Mode Converter and Its Applications

Wenzhe Chang; Yange Liu; Mao Feng; Xin Wang; Pan Wang; Zhi Wang

doi:10.3788/CJL240932

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 18, 1801008(2024)

Few‐Mode Long‐Period Fiber Grating Mode Converter and Its Applications

Wenzhe Chang, Yange Liu^*, Mao Feng, Xin Wang, Pan Wang, and Zhi Wang

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

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Category: laser devices and laser physics

Received: Jun. 4, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 24, 2024

Published Online: Sep. 9, 2024

The Author Email: Liu Yange (ygliu@nankai.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL240932

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