Long-haul intermodal-MIMO-free MDM transmission based on a weakly coupled multiple-ring-core few-mode fiber

M Zuo, D Ge, JX Liu, Y Gao, L Shen, X Lan, Z Chen… - Optics express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) technique based on few-mode fibers (FMFs) can achieve
multiplicative growth in single-fiber capacity by using different linearly polarized (LP) modes …

Nonlinear performance of few-mode fiber links with intermediate coupling

FM Ferreira, CS Costa, S Sygletos… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
This paper reviews and extends the study of nonlinear performance of few-mode fiber links
operating in all different linear coupling regimes for different mode delay maps. Nonlinear …

Optical fiber refractive index profiling by iterative optical diffraction tomography

S Fan, S Smith-Dryden, J Zhao… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
A non-destructive iterative interferometric tomographic technique is proposed for imaging
fibers with high refractive index contrast, complex structures, and/or large optical path …

Spatiotemporal mode-locked fiber laser based on dual-resonance coupling long-period fiber grating

D Xing, M Feng, C Liu, J He, K Chang, J Li, P Wang… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Spatiotemporal mode-locked (STML) fiber lasers have become an excellent platform in
nonlinear optics research due to the rich nonlinear evolution process. In order to overcome …

Gain equalization for few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers via strong mode coupling

Y Liu, Z Yang, X Wang, Y Jung, L Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Optical fiber transmission. Abstract Few-mode erbium-doped fiber
amplifiers (FM-EDFAs) are one of the most important optical subsystems for successful …

Mechanically-induced long-period fiber gratings using laminated plates

I Torres-Gómez, DE Ceballos-Herrera… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This work presents a formation method of mechanically-induced long-period fiber gratings
using laminated plates. The mechanically-induced long-period fiber grating is temporarily …

Broadband mode scramblers for few-mode fibers based on 3D printed mechanically induced long-period fiber gratings

X Huang, Y Jung, Y Liu, K Harrington… - IEEE Photonics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present simple, low loss and broadband mode scramblers for mode division multiplexed
(MDM) transmission based on few-mode fibers. By simply shortening the length of the long …

Applications of weakly-coupled few-mode fibers

H Liu, H Wen, G Li - Chinese Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Space-division multiplexing (SDM) has attracted significant attention in recent years
because larger transmission capacity is enabled by more degrees of freedom (DOFs) in few …

Nonlinear Coupling Coefficients in Multimode Fibers for the Strong Coupling Regime Within Mode Groups and Across Mode Groups

P Carniello, FM Ferreira, N Hanik - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.13128, 2024 - arxiv.org
We study the nonlinear coupling coefficients appearing in the Manakov equations for
multimode fibers (MMF) for space-division multiplexing operating in the two regimes of …

Strongly coupled few-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with ultralow differential modal gain

Y Liu, X Wang, Z Yang, L Zhang, G Li - Optical Fiber Communication …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Strongly Coupled Few-mode Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifiers with Ultralow Differential Modal
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