Broadband Mode Converter Based on Helical Long-Period Fiber Gratings

Weidong Zhang; Yuehui Ma; Chen Jiang; Long Chen; Yunqi Liu

doi:10.3788/LOP231618

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 15, 1506003(2024)

Broadband Mode Converter Based on Helical Long-Period Fiber Gratings

Weidong Zhang¹, Yuehui Ma¹, Chen Jiang^1,2, Long Chen¹, and Yunqi Liu^1、*

¹Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Network, School of Communication & Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

²Advanced Photonic Technology Lab, College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu , China

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Received: Jun. 28, 2023

Accepted: Aug. 22, 2023

Published Online: Jul. 16, 2024

The Author Email: Yunqi Liu (yqliu@shu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP231618

CSTR:32186.14.LOP231618

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