Three-dimensional ultra-broadband integrated tapered mode multiplexers
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2014
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Gross, Simon
Riesen, Nicholas
Love, John
Withford, Michael
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH
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The demonstration of a three-dimensional tapered mode-selective coupler in a photonic chip is reported. This waveguide-based, ultra-broadband mode multiplexer was fabricated using the femtosecond laser direct-write technique in a boro-aluminosilicate glass chip. A three-core coupler has been shown to enable the multiplexing of the LP01, LP11a and LP11b spatial modes of a multimode waveguide, across an extremely wide bandwidth exceeding 400 nm, with low loss, high mode extinction ratios and negligible mode crosstalk. Linear cascades of such devices on a single photonic chip have the potential to become a definitive technology in the realization of broadband mode-division multiplexing for increasing optical fiber capacity. A waveguide-based ultra-broadband mode-multiplexer, fabricated using the femtosecond laser direct-write technique, is presented. The three-core coupler is shown to enable the multiplexing of the LP01, LP11a and LP11b spatial modes of a multimode waveguide, across an extremely wide bandwidth exceeding 400 nm, with low loss, high mode-extinction ratios and negligible mode crosstalk.
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Laser and Photonics Reviews
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