Three-dimensional ultra-broadband integrated tapered mode multiplexers

被引：143
作者：
Gross, Simon [1 ]
Riesen, Nicolas [2 ]
Love, John D. [2 ]
Withford, Michael J. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Macquarie Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, MQ Photon Res Ctr, Ctr Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices Opt Syst CUDOS, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Phys & Engn, Canberra, ACT, Australia
来源：
LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS | 2014年 / 8卷 / 05期
基金：
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词：
Mode-division multiplexing; space-division multiplexing; ultrafast material processing; integrated optics devices; optical interconnects; tapered couplers; glass waveguides; mode multiplexers; OPTICAL-FIBER NETWORKS; FEMTOSECOND LASER; WAVE-GUIDES; SELECTIVE COUPLERS; PHOTONIC LANTERNS; DEMULTIPLEXER; TRANSMISSION;
D O I：
10.1002/lpor.201400078
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
The demonstration of a three-dimensional tapered mode-selective coupler in a photonic chip is reported. This waveguide-based, ultra-broadband mode multiplexer was fabricated using the femtosecond laser direct-write technique in a boro-aluminosilicate glass chip. A three-core coupler has been shown to enable the multiplexing of the LP01, LP11a and LP11b spatial modes of a multimode waveguide, across an extremely wide bandwidth exceeding 400 nm, with low loss, high mode extinction ratios and negligible mode crosstalk. Linear cascades of such devices on a single photonic chip have the potential to become a definitive technology in the realization of broadband mode-division multiplexing for increasing optical fiber capacity.
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页码：L81 / L85
页数：5
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