2-MODE FIBER SPATIAL-MODE CONVERTER USING PERIODIC CORE DEFORMATION

Authors
POOLE CD PRESBY HM MEESTER JP
Citation
Cd. Poole et al., 2-MODE FIBER SPATIAL-MODE CONVERTER USING PERIODIC CORE DEFORMATION, Electronics Letters, 30(17), 1994, pp. 1437-1438
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
17
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1437 - 1438
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:17<1437:2FSCUP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Efficient conversion between the LP(01) and LP(11) modes in a two-mode fibre is achieved by periodically ablating the fibre surface with a C O2 laser and then annealing the fibre with an electric are. The result ing periodic core deformation produces 99% mode conversion over a 37nm bandwidth around 1540nm and 0.38dB insertion loss.