Multi-port fiber optic Beam splitters for space division multiplexed (SDM) systems
Multi-port fiber optic Beam splitters for space division multiplexed (SDM) systems
We incorporate two
major types of SDM fibers (i.e. few mode fibers and multicore fibers) in a
micro-optic collimator assembly and realize fully integrated multiport SDM
fiber components (e.g. 1×2 and 2×2 beam splitters). The device fabrication
procedure for SDM fibers is similar to that for a standard single mode fiber,
but more accurate fiber alignment (e.g. lateral positioning for few mode fiber
components and rotational alignment for multicore fiber components) is required
to achieve both low mode (core) dependent loss and/or low inter-modal
(inter-core) crosstalk. A number of exemplary multiport SDM components are
fabricated with low excess loss (1-2.2 dB), low mode (core) dependent loss
(<1 dB) and moderate crosstalk (<-32 dB for a multicore fiber splitter
and < -6.5 dB for a few mode fiber splitter).
Optical fiber devices, optical fiber communication, optical interconnections, space-division multiplexing
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Wood, Andrew, Stuart James
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Jung, Yongmin
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Richardson, David
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1 July 2020
Wood, Andrew, Stuart James
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Jung, Yongmin
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Richardson, David
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Wood, Andrew, Stuart James, Jung, Yongmin and Richardson, David
(2020)
Multi-port fiber optic Beam splitters for space division multiplexed (SDM) systems.
Photonic Technology Letters, 32 (13), , [9103048].
(doi:10.1109/LPT.2020.2997756).
Abstract
We incorporate two
major types of SDM fibers (i.e. few mode fibers and multicore fibers) in a
micro-optic collimator assembly and realize fully integrated multiport SDM
fiber components (e.g. 1×2 and 2×2 beam splitters). The device fabrication
procedure for SDM fibers is similar to that for a standard single mode fiber,
but more accurate fiber alignment (e.g. lateral positioning for few mode fiber
components and rotational alignment for multicore fiber components) is required
to achieve both low mode (core) dependent loss and/or low inter-modal
(inter-core) crosstalk. A number of exemplary multiport SDM components are
fabricated with low excess loss (1-2.2 dB), low mode (core) dependent loss
(<1 dB) and moderate crosstalk (<-32 dB for a multicore fiber splitter
and < -6.5 dB for a few mode fiber splitter).
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In preparation date: 2019
Accepted/In Press date: 23 May 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 May 2020
Published date: 1 July 2020
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Funding Information:
Manuscript received April 9, 2020; revised May 20, 2020; accepted May 23, 2020. Date of publication May 28, 2020; date of current version June 2, 2020. This work was supported in part by the EPSRC National Hub in High Value Photonic Manufacturing under Grant EP/N00762X/1, in part by EPSRC funded by the Airguide Photonics Programme under Grant EP/P030181/1, and in part by the EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Award under Grant EP/R511766/1. (Corresponding author: Yongmin Jung.) The authors are with the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K. (e-mail: asjw1g12@soton.ac.uk; ymj@orc.soton.ac.uk; djr@orc.soton.ac.uk).
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Keywords:
Optical fiber devices, optical fiber communication, optical interconnections, space-division multiplexing
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