Manufacturing and characterization of asymmetric evanescent field polished couplers for grating assisted mode selective fiber coupling

Sebastian Schlangen; Kort Bremer; Yulong Zheng; Andreas Isaak; Marc Wurz; Sebastian Böhm; Felix Wellmann; Michael Steinke; Gabriel Pelegrina Bonilla; Jörg Neumann; Dietmar Kracht; Bernhard Roth; Ludger Overmeyer

doi:10.1117/12.2306772

9 May 2018 Manufacturing and characterization of asymmetric evanescent field polished couplers for grating assisted mode selective fiber coupling

Sebastian Schlangen, Kort Bremer, Yulong Zheng, Andreas Isaak, Marc Wurz, Sebastian Böhm, Felix Wellmann, Michael Steinke, Gabriel Pelegrina Bonilla, Jörg Neumann, Dietmar Kracht, Bernhard Roth, Ludger Overmeyer

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Proceedings Volume 10681, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres V; 1068116 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2306772
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2018, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

Mode division multiplexing (MDM) could bring a technological progress in the field of optical telecommunication by increasing the data transmission bandwidth. A key challenge for enabling MDM lies in manufacturing of efficient and cost-effective mode–selective fiber couplers. The fiber grating based mode selective coupling approach is a method that is currently being under research in this context. In this work a novel process for manufacturing of asymmetric evanescent field polished couplers is presented which enables grating assisted mode selective coupling. In addition, we discuss the optical setup developed for characterization of these couplers.

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Sebastian Schlangen, Kort Bremer, Yulong Zheng, Andreas Isaak, Marc Wurz, Sebastian Böhm, Felix Wellmann, Michael Steinke, Gabriel Pelegrina Bonilla, Jörg Neumann, Dietmar Kracht, Bernhard Roth, and Ludger Overmeyer "Manufacturing and characterization of asymmetric evanescent field polished couplers for grating assisted mode selective fiber coupling", Proc. SPIE 10681, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres V, 1068116 (9 May 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2306772

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