Physics of highly multimode nonlinear optical systems

LG Wright, FO Wu, DN Christodoulides, FW Wise - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Linear multimode optical systems have enabled clean experimental observations and the
applications of numerous phenomena that continually extend the boundaries of wave …

Space-division multiplexing for optical fiber communications

BJ Puttnam, G Rademacher, RS Luís - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Research on space-division multiplexing (SDM) came to prominence in early 2010 being
primarily proposed as a means of multiplying the information-carrying capacity of optical …

Taper-fused side pump combiner for all-fiber lasers and amplifiers: A review

C Lei, Z Li, H Zhang, Z Chen, J Hou - Optics & Laser Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
A taper-fused side pump technique, which is based on the direct fusion-splicing of one or
several tapered pump fibers and a double-clad signal fiber, is a potential side pump …

Perspective on mode-division multiplexing

Y Su, Y He, H Chen, X Li, G Li - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We review the current status of mode-division multiplexing (MDM) techniques in fibers and
on chips. Three system applications are introduced, including quasi-single mode …

Ultralong single‐ended random fiber laser and sensor

B Han, H Wu, Y Liu, S Dong, Y Rao… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Random fiber laser (RFL) utilizing stimulated Raman scattering and distributed random
Rayleigh backscattering in fiber as optical gain and feedback mechanisms, respectively, has …

Randomly-coupled multi-core fiber technology

T Hayashi, T Sakamoto, Y Yamada, R Ryf… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Randomly-coupled multi-core fiber (MCF) technology has come to attract lots of attention
because of its strong applicability to long-haul transmission systems. Compared with weakly …

[HTML][HTML] Complete polarization control in multimode fibers with polarization and mode coupling

W Xiong, CW Hsu, Y Bromberg… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Multimode optical fibers have seen increasing applications in communication, imaging, high-
power lasers, and amplifiers. However, inherent imperfections and environmental …

Femtosecond laser inscription of fiber Bragg grating in twin-core few-mode fiber for directional bend sensing

K Yang, J He, C Liao, Y Wang, S Liu, K Guo… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrated femtosecond laser inscription of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in a twin-core
few-mode fiber (TC-FMF) for directional bend sensing. An FBG was selectively inscribed in …

32-core erbium/ytterbium-doped multicore fiber amplifier for next generation space-division multiplexed transmission system

S Jain, C Castro, Y Jung, J Hayes, R Sandoghchi… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present a high-core-count 32-core multicore erbium/ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier (32c-
MC-EYDFA) in a cladding pumped configuration. A side pumping technique is employed for …

Demonstration of an all-fiber cladding-pumped FM-EDFA with low differential modal gain

Y Chang, L Pei, J Zheng, J Wang, Q He, J Li… - Optics & Laser …, 2022 - Elsevier
An all-fiber few mode erbium doped fiber amplifier (FM-EDFA) with low differential modal
gain (DMG) is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated. Firstly, a double-cladding six …