Geometric requirements for photonic lanterns in space division multiplexing

NK Fontaine, R Ryf, J Bland-Hawthorn… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
… In this section we compare different photonic lantern core geometries using modal analysis,
BPM, and transfer matrices; those that can have 100% throughput (ie, CPL = 0 dB and MDL …

Photonic lanterns

SG Leon-Saval, A Argyros, J Bland-Hawthorn - Nanophotonics, 2013 - degruyter.com
… different implementations of photonic lanterns using different … , photonic lanterns are finding
uses in other fields that require … design and geometry a photonic lantern functioning as a “true…

Design considerations of photonic lanterns for diffraction-limited spectrometry

J Lin, N Jovanovic, MP Fitzgerald - JOSA B, 2021 - opg.optica.org
… the required lens profiles corresponding to the desired Gaussian amplitude distribution
by numerically solving a differential equation for the lens surfaces, obtained in the geometric

Design of highly mode group selective photonic lanterns with geometric optimization

L Shen, L Gan, L Huo, C Yang, W Tong, S Fu… - Applied Optics, 2018 - opg.optica.org
… articles, we demonstrate that core geometry has a significant influence on … requirement can
be more easily met without significant increase of coupling loss by optimizing core geometry. …

The photonic lantern

TA Birks, I Gris-Sánchez, S Yerolatsitis… - … Optics and Photonics, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Photonic lanterns are made by adiabatically merging several single-mode cores into one
multimode core. They provide low-loss interfaces between single-mode and multimode systems…

Photonic lanterns, 3-D waveguides, multiplane light conversion, and other components that enable space-division multiplexing

NK Fontaine, J Carpenter, S Gross… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… made with graded-index few-mode fibers can satisfy both requirements by: 1) providing a …
a 3-D waveguide geometry [73]. ULI photonic lanterns or integrated photonic lanterns were ini…

Scaling photonic lanterns for space-division multiplexing

AM Velázquez-Benítez, JE Antonio-López… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
… We demonstrate mode-selective photonic lanterns … -index fibres in the required geometry
for efficient mode sampling … functionality of our photonic lanterns for optical communications. …

Spatial mode control based on photonic lanterns

Y Lu, W Liu, Z Chen, M Jiang, Q Zhou, J Zhang, C Li… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
… The novel photonic lanterns according to above requirements are fabricated by tapering the
… Furthermore, we extend the optimized geometric arrangements to photonic lanterns with …

Mode evolution in photonic lanterns and requirements for achieving good beam quality and mode control

Y Lu, Z Jiang, W Liu, Q Zhou… - … Laser Technology and …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
… The photonic lantern is an all-fiber-based linear optical … photonic lanterns, which are
fabricated by using the ‘ferrule technique’ method, with the single-mode array in a certain geometric

Photonic lantern as mode multiplexer for multimode optical communications

SG Leon-Saval, NK Fontaine… - Optical Fiber …, 2017 - Elsevier
… , with a careful waveguide design and geometry a photonic lantern can function as a “true” …
We have presented the operating principles and requirements of photonic lanterns as mode …