Modal-Weight Measurements With Fiber Gratings

作者:Yan Lu*; Barankov Roman; Steinvurzel Paul; Ramachandran Siddharth
来源:Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2015, 33(13): 2784-2790.
DOI:10.1109/JLT.2015.2413391

摘要

We demonstrate a radiation mode coupler based on a tilted fiber Bragg grating that spatially demultiplexes different modes in a few-mode fiber. The observed radiation patterns match well with those theoretically predicted using the volume current method. The correlations in measured relative modal weights obtained from this device and an accurate interferometric measurement used as a reference, suggest that this technique has potential applications in providing real-time, nondestructive modal power measurement for mode division-multiplexed communications systems or monitoring the modal content in fiber lasers.

  • 出版日期2015-7-1