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Simple and reliable light launch from a conventional single-mode fiber into a helical-core fiber through an adiabatically tapered splice

Simple and reliable light launch from a conventional single-mode fiber into a helical-core fiber through an adiabatically tapered splice
Simple and reliable light launch from a conventional single-mode fiber into a helical-core fiber through an adiabatically tapered splice
We propose a simple and efficient light launch scheme for a helical-core fiber (HCF) by using an adiabatically tapered splice technique, through which we overcome its inherent difficulty with light launch owing to the large lateral offset and angular tilt of its core. We experimentally demonstrate single-mode excitation in the HCF in this configuration, which yields the coupling efficiency of around -5.9 dB (26%) for a ~1.1 µm light input when the splice joint is tapered down to 30 µm in diameter. To our knowledge, this is the first proof-of-principle report on the fusion-splice coupling between an HCF and a conventional single-mode fiber.
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Kim, Hyuntai
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Wang, Pu
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Kim, Hyuntai, Kim, Jongki, Jung, Yongmin, Vazquez-Zuniga, Luis Alonso, Lee, Seung Jong, Choi, Geunchang, Oh, Kyunghwan, Wang, Pu, Clarkson, W.A. and Jeong, Yoonchan (2012) Simple and reliable light launch from a conventional single-mode fiber into a helical-core fiber through an adiabatically tapered splice. Optics Express, 20 (23), 25562-25571. (doi:10.1364/OE.20.025562).

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We propose a simple and efficient light launch scheme for a helical-core fiber (HCF) by using an adiabatically tapered splice technique, through which we overcome its inherent difficulty with light launch owing to the large lateral offset and angular tilt of its core. We experimentally demonstrate single-mode excitation in the HCF in this configuration, which yields the coupling efficiency of around -5.9 dB (26%) for a ~1.1 µm light input when the splice joint is tapered down to 30 µm in diameter. To our knowledge, this is the first proof-of-principle report on the fusion-splice coupling between an HCF and a conventional single-mode fiber.

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Published date: 2012
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 357266
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/357266
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: f9968841-ea08-4267-80af-b301d941a926
ORCID for Yongmin Jung: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-4372

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Date deposited: 04 Oct 2013 14:24
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:31

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Author: Hyuntai Kim
Author: Jongki Kim
Author: Yongmin Jung ORCID iD
Author: Luis Alonso Vazquez-Zuniga
Author: Seung Jong Lee
Author: Geunchang Choi
Author: Kyunghwan Oh
Author: Pu Wang
Author: W.A. Clarkson
Author: Yoonchan Jeong

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