Scaling photonic lanterns for space-division multiplexing

AM Velázquez-Benítez, JE Antonio-López… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
We present a new technique allowing the fabrication of large modal count photonic lanterns
for space-division multiplexing applications. We demonstrate mode-selective photonic …

Mode-selective photonic lanterns for space-division multiplexing

SG Leon-Saval, NK Fontaine, JR Salazar-Gil… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a 3x1 fiber-based photonic lantern spatial-multiplexer with mode-selectivity
greater than 6 dB and transmission loss of less than 0.3 dB. The total insertion loss of the …

Divide and conquer: an efficient solution to highly multimoded photonic lanterns from multicore fibres

SG Leon-Saval, CH Betters, JR Salazar-Gil, SS Min… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Photonic lanterns typically allow for single-mode action in a multimode fibre. Since their
invention over a decade ago for applications in astrophotonics, they have found important …

Mode-selective dissimilar fiber photonic-lantern spatial multiplexers for few-mode fiber

NK Fontaine, SG Leon-Saval, R Ryf… - … and Exhibition on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mode-Selective Dissimilar Fiber Photonic-Lantern Spatial Multiplexers for Few-Mode Fiber
Page 1 Mode-Selective Dissimilar Fiber Photonic-Lantern Spatial Multiplexers for Few-Mode …

Photonic lantern as mode multiplexer for multimode optical communications

SG Leon-Saval, NK Fontaine… - Optical Fiber …, 2017 - Elsevier
The majority of optical fiber technology developments in the applied sciences have arisen
from developments in telecommunications. However, the photonic lantern is one of several …

Photonic-lantern-based mode multiplexers for few-mode-fiber transmission

R Ryf, NK Fontaine, M Montoliu, S Randel… - Optical fiber …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report transmission experiments in few-mode fibers supporting 6 spatial-and polarization
modes, where low-loss photonic lanterns are used as mode multiplexers. We measured a …

Scaling the fabrication of higher order photonic lanterns using microstructured preforms

AM Velázquez-Benítez… - 2015 European …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scaling the fabrication of higher order photonic lanterns using microstructured preforms Page 1
Scaling the Fabrication of Higher Order Photonic Lanterns Using Microstructured Preforms AM …

The photonic lantern

TA Birks, I Gris-Sánchez, S Yerolatsitis… - Advances in Optics …, 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 …

Efficient multi-mode to single-mode coupling in a photonic lantern

D Noordegraaf, PM Skovgaard, MD Nielsen… - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the fabrication of a high performance multi-mode (MM) to single-mode (SM)
splitter or “photonic lantern”, first described by Leon-Saval et al.(2005). Our photonic lantern …

All-fiber mode-group-selective photonic lantern using graded-index multimode fibers

B Huang, NK Fontaine, R Ryf, B Guan… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the first all-fiber mode-group-selective photonic lantern using multimode
graded-index fibers. Mode selectivity for mode groups LP_01, LP_11 and LP_21+ LP_02 is …