Recent advances in mode converters for a mode division multiplex transmission system

AK Memon, KX Chen - Opto-Electronics Review, 2021 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
Adopting mode division multiplex (MDM) technology as the next frontier for optical fiber
communication and on-chip optical interconnection systems is becoming very promising …

Mode multiplexer with cascaded vertical asymmetric waveguide directional couplers

Q Huang, Y Wu, W Jin, KS Chiang - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We report a mode (de) multiplexer based on the structure of cascaded vertical waveguide
directional couplers, where the spatial modes of a few-mode core are coupled to various …

Three-dimensional mode multiplexer based on adiabatic-tapered waveguides forming vertical directional couplers over C+ L band and beyond

Q Huang, J Zhang, L Zhong, Z Zheng, J Li, O Xu - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We present a mode multiplexer based on vertical directional couplers that are formed by
adiabatic-tapered waveguides. We design and fabricate the device via the micro-fabrication …

Reconfigurable broadband mode (de) multiplexer based on an integrated thermally induced long-period grating and asymmetric Y-junction

WK Zhao, J Feng, KX Chen, KS Chiang - Optics Letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We propose a reconfigurable broadband mode (de) multiplexer based on a thermally
induced long-period grating integrated with an asymmetric Y-junction. Either of the two …

Optimization of the interlayer distance for low-loss and low-crosstalk double-layer polymer optical waveguides

F Zhang, C Deng, Y Huang, X Zhang, T Wang - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The interlayer distance optimized for low-loss and low-crosstalk double-layer polymer
optical waveguides was investigated to enhance their transmission performance …

Compact and low-crosstalk mode (de) multiplexer using a triple plasmonic-dielectric waveguide-based directional coupler

W Jiang, F Cheng, J Xu, H Wan - JOSA B, 2018 - opg.optica.org
A compact and low-crosstalk mode (de) multiplexer [(De) MUX] is proposed based on a
triple-waveguide coupler, consisting of a hybrid plasmonic waveguide in between two outer …

Thermo-optically controlled vertical waveguide directional couplers for mode-selective switching

Q Huang, KS Chiang, W Jin - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a three-dimensional waveguide structure for the realization of mode-selective
switches, where the high-order spatial modes of a few-mode waveguide can be switched to …

Polarization-insensitive mode-independent thermo-optic switch based on symmetric waveguide directional coupler

X Wang, KS Chiang - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We propose a thermo-optic switch based on a symmetric directional coupler formed with two
parallel identical two-mode waveguides, where the two modes in one waveguide can be …

Recent progress in optical devices for mode division multiplex transmission system

RI Sabitu, NG Khan, A Malekmohammadi - Opto-Electronics Review, 2019 - Elsevier
The idea of adopting the space domain as the next frontier for optical communication has
received increasing attention in the last few years. Optical devices are the integral parts of a …

Three-dimensional long-period waveguide gratings for mode-division-multiplexing applications

W Jin, KS Chiang - Optics Express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We propose a three-dimensional (3D) long-period grating structure that has a controllable
grating width and depth and can be formed at any chosen position on the surface of a …