Design of PANDA ring-core fiber with 10 polarization-maintaining modes

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-01-11
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Wepresentapolarization-maintainingPANDAring-corefiber(PM-PRCF)characterizedbythecombinationofaring-corestructurewithtwostress-applyingrods.Thisspecialfiberdesignseparatestheadjacentmodesandavoidsthecutoffofthehigher-ordermodes,whichisacommonprobleminellipticalcorepolarization-maintainingfew-modefibers.Usingahigh-contrastindexringandstress-inducedbirefringence,thePM-PRCFfeaturessupportfor10vectormodes,witheffectiverefractiveindexseparationsfromtheiradjacentmodes>10-4.Broadbandperformanceisinvestigatedsubsequentlyoverawidewavelengthrangefrom1500to1630nm.Theproposedfiberistargetedatapplicationsinspace-pisionmultiplexingwhileeliminatingthecomplexmultiple-inputmultiple-outputsignalprocessing.