Title :
Scaling the fabrication of higher order photonic lanterns using microstructured preforms
Author :
A. M. Velázquez-Benítez;J. E. Antonio-López;J. C. Alvarado-Zacarías;G. Lopez-Galmiche;P. Sillard;D. Van Ras;C. Okonkwo;H. Chen;R. Ryf;N. K. Fontaine;R. Amezcua-Correa
Author_Institution :
CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
Abstract :
We fabricate ten- and fifteen-mode photonic lanterns by using microstructured preforms that enables a repeatable fabrication process and scalability to large number of modes. Mode selective capability is demonstrated by independently exciting individual LP mode.
Keywords :
"Optical fibers","Photonics","Preforms","Fabrication","Multiplexing","Optimized production technology","Optical fiber devices"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341939
