A review of using few-mode fibers for optical sensing

I Ashry, Y Mao, A Trichili, B Wang, TK Ng… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of few-mode fiber (FMF) has found numerous interesting applications in
optical sensing. Given the remarkable capabilities of FMF, optical sensors of novel …

Free-standing microscale photonic lantern spatial mode (De-) multiplexer fabricated using 3D nanoprinting

Y Dana, Y Garcia, A Kukin, L Dallachiesa… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Photonic lantern (PL) spatial multiplexers show great promise for a range of applications,
such as future high-capacity mode division multiplexing (MDM) optical communication …

Optical field characterization using off-axis digital holography

S van der Heide, B van Esch… - Optical Fiber …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Optical Field Characterization using Off-axis Digital Holography Page 1 Optical Field
Characterization using Off-axis Digital Holography Sjoerd van der Heide(1), Bram van Esch(1) …

Network slicing architecture for SDM and analog-radio-over-fiber-based 5G fronthaul networks

J Brenes, TD Lagkas, D Klonidis, R Muñoz… - Journal of Optical …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The blueSPACE project focuses on the study of innovative technologies to overcome the
limitations of current fronthaul networks. The key technology proposed is space-division …

Multi-channel multi-task optical performance monitoring based multi-input multi-output deep learning and transfer learning for SDM

S Yang, L Yang, F Luo, X Wang, B Li, Y Du, D Liu - Optics Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
We propose a transfer learning (TL) simplified multi-input multi-output multi-task
convolutional neural network (MIMO MT-CNN) to realize the optical performance monitoring …

In-line mode-dependent loss equalizer with femtosecond laser induced refractive index modification

C Zhang, S Zhang, Y Qin, S Fu - Optics letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an in-line all-fiber mode-dependent loss (MDL) equalizer with femtosecond
laser induced refractive index (RI) modification. By inscribing an RI-modified structure into …

High-capacity super-channel-enabled multi-core fiber optical switching system for converged inter/intra data center and edge optical networks

JMD Mendinueta, S Shinada, Y Hirota… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The introduction of the space domain in optical communications, collectively referred as
space division multiplexing (SDM), have recently gained a lot of research attention …

Bandwidth-decomposed analysis of spatial-mode dispersion of coupled 2-core fiber employing linear optical sampling

M Uyama, S Okamura, C Zhang, F Ito… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The complex impulse responses of two types of coupled 2-core fibers, with homogeneous
and heterogeneous cores, were measured by using a measurement system based on linear …

Enhanced modal dispersion estimation enabled by chromatic dispersion compensation in optical vector network analysis

J Van Weerdenburg, S Rommel… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Component characterization is fundamental for understanding the limits of optical devices,
sub-systems, and transmission systems. With the introduction of space division multiplexing …

Mode-walk-off interferometry for position-resolved optical fiber sensing

L Costa, Z Zhan, A Marandi - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simultaneously sensing and resolving the position of measurands along an optical fiber
enables numerous opportunities, especially for application in environments where massive …