Mode-selective couplers for few-mode optical fiber networks

John D. Love, Nicolas Riesen*

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    Abstract

    The excitation and separation of individual modes in a few-mode optical fiber network can be realized using mode-selective couplers. For excitation at the beginning of the fiber, two-core mode-selective couplers can be used, while at the end of the fiber, either two- or three-core mode-selective couplers are required for demultiplexing of the field symmetric or field asymmetric modes, respectively. Both analytical and numerical solutions are presented to quantify the mode-selective functionality.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3990-3992
    Number of pages3
    JournalOptics Letters
    Volume37
    Issue number19
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2012

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