Functional fibers and functional fiber-based components for high-power lasers

X Chen, T Yao, L Huang, Y An, H Wu, Z Pan… - Advanced Fiber …, 2023 - Springer
The success of high-power fiber lasers is fueled by maturation of active and passive fibers,
combined with the availability of high-power fiber-based components. In this contribution, we …

Selective mode excitation techniques for mode-division multiplexing: A critical review

Y Fazea, V Mezhuyev - Optical Fiber Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Multimode Fiber (MMF) is an established choice for the high-speed backbones in Local Area
Networks (LANs). Mode Division Multiplexing (MDM) is an emerging technology utilizing …

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
Four-mode multiplexing and manipulation technologies are reviewed in the context of space-
division multiplexing (SDM) optical communication systems. These are multiplane light …

Integrated optical system and components utilizing tunable optical sources and coherent detection and phased array for imaging, ranging, sensing, communications …

E Swanson - US Patent 9,683,928, 2017 - Google Patents
An integrated optical system includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) having a frequency
tunable optical source, a coherent optical receiver, and an optical phased array for coupling …

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 …

Dense SDM (12-Core 3-Mode) Transmission Over 527 km With 33.2-ns Mode-Dispersion Employing Low-Complexity Parallel MIMO Frequency-Domain …

K Shibahara, D Lee, T Kobayashi… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose long-haul space-division-multiplexing (SDM) transmission systems employing
parallel multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) frequency-domain equalization (FDE) and …

Light detection and ranging system with photonic integrated circuit

E Swanson - US Patent 10,627,485, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are optical integration technologies, designs, systems and methods
directed toward Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and other interferometric optical …

Full C-band 3060-km DMD-unmanaged 3-mode transmission with 40.2-Tb/s capacity using cyclic mode permutation

K Shibahara, T Mizuno, H Kawakami… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have achieved the longest three mode-multiplexed full C-band transmission yet attained
over 3060 km. In wideband mode-multiplexed transmission over weakly-coupled fewmode …

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 …

Advanced MIMO signal processing techniques enabling long-haul dense SDM transmissions

K Shibahara, T Mizuno, D Lee… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space division multiplexing (SDM) transmission technology is the prime candidate for next
technological breakthrough in fiber-optic communication systems, as spatially structured …