Title :
Selective excitation of the fundamental mode in a multimode fiber using an adiabatically tapered splice
Author :
Jung, Yongmin ; Jeong, Yoonchan ; Brambilla, Gilberto ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We propose a simple and effective method to selectively excite the fundamental mode in a multimode fiber by adiabatically tapering the fusion splice with a single-mode fiber. Excellent beam quality (M2~1.08) was achived with low-loss and high environmental stability.
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; splicing; adiabatically tapered splice; fundamental mode; multimode fiber; selective excitation; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber sensors; Optical filters; Splicing;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5213229
