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All-fiber fused directional coupler for highly efficient spatial mode conversion

All-fiber fused directional coupler for highly efficient spatial mode conversion
All-fiber fused directional coupler for highly efficient spatial mode conversion
We model and demonstrate a simple mode selective all-fiber coupler capable of exciting specific higher order modes in two- and few-mode fibres with high efficiency and purity. The coupler is based on inter-modally phase-matching the propagation constants in each arm of the asymmetric fused coupler, formed by dissimilar fibres. At a specific coupler diameter, the launched fundamental LP01 mode is coupled into the higher order mode (LP11, LP21, LP02) in the other arm, over a broadband wavelength range around 1550 nm. Unlike other techniques, the demonstrated coupler is composed of a multimode fiber that is weakly fused with a phase matched conventional single mode telecom fiber (SMF-28). The beating between the supermodes at the coupler waist produces a periodic power transfer between the two arms, and therefore, by monitoring the beating while tapering, it is possible to obtain optimum selection for the desired mode. High coupling efficiencies in excess of 90% for all the higher order modes were recorded over 100 nm spectral range, while insertion losses remain as low as 0.5 dB. Coupling efficiency can be further enhanced by performing slow tapering at high temperature, in order to precisely control the coupler cross-section geometry.
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Ismaeel, Rand, Lee, Timothy, Oduro, Bernard, Jung, Yongmin and Brambilla, Gilberto (2014) All-fiber fused directional coupler for highly efficient spatial mode conversion. Optics Express, 22 (10), 11610-11619. (doi:10.1364/OE.22.011610).

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Abstract

We model and demonstrate a simple mode selective all-fiber coupler capable of exciting specific higher order modes in two- and few-mode fibres with high efficiency and purity. The coupler is based on inter-modally phase-matching the propagation constants in each arm of the asymmetric fused coupler, formed by dissimilar fibres. At a specific coupler diameter, the launched fundamental LP01 mode is coupled into the higher order mode (LP11, LP21, LP02) in the other arm, over a broadband wavelength range around 1550 nm. Unlike other techniques, the demonstrated coupler is composed of a multimode fiber that is weakly fused with a phase matched conventional single mode telecom fiber (SMF-28). The beating between the supermodes at the coupler waist produces a periodic power transfer between the two arms, and therefore, by monitoring the beating while tapering, it is possible to obtain optimum selection for the desired mode. High coupling efficiencies in excess of 90% for all the higher order modes were recorded over 100 nm spectral range, while insertion losses remain as low as 0.5 dB. Coupling efficiency can be further enhanced by performing slow tapering at high temperature, in order to precisely control the coupler cross-section geometry.

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Accepted/In Press date: 23 April 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 May 2014
Published date: 19 May 2014
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Quantum, Light & Matter Group

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Local EPrints ID: 365889
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/365889
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: ba530a6b-817c-49e3-afe2-cccb810fe9c0
ORCID for Timothy Lee: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-5578
ORCID for Yongmin Jung: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-4372
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Date deposited: 20 Jun 2014 12:44
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:31

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Author: Rand Ismaeel
Author: Timothy Lee ORCID iD
Author: Bernard Oduro
Author: Yongmin Jung ORCID iD

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