Broadband higher order mode conversion using chirped microbend long period gratings
Author(s) -
Stine Møller Israelsen,
Karsten Rottwitt
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.24.023969
Subject(s) - optics , broadband , materials science , grating , bandwidth (computing) , diffraction grating , coupled mode theory , optoelectronics , refractive index , physics , telecommunications , computer science
We suggest a new scheme to create chirped microbend long period gratings. Employing this scheme, the bandwidth of mode conversion between LP 01 o LP 11 is increased 4.8-fold with a conversion efficiency of 20 dB. This scheme includes a first time demonstration of a non-linearly chirped long period grating. The scheme is investigated both numerically using coupled mode equations as well as experimentally.
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