Complex mode amplitude measurement for a six-mode optical fiber

Opt Express. 2013 Feb 25;21(4):4931-44. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.004931.

Abstract

We propose a measurement protocol and parameter estimation algorithm to recover the powers and relative phases of each of the vector modes present at the output of an optical fiber that supports the HE₁₁, TE₀₁, HE₂₁, and TM₀₁ modes. The measurements consist of polarization filtered near-field intensity images that are easily implemented with standard off-shelf components. We demonstrate the accuracy of the method on both simulated and measured data from a recently demonstrated fiber that supports stable orbital angular momentum states.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis / methods
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*