Abstract
The mode expansion approach in vectorial form, using a complete set of guided modes of a circular step-index fiber (SIF), is developed and applied to analyze multimode interference in multimode fibers (MMFs) for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The complete set of guided modes of an SIF is defined based on its modal properties, and a suitable modal orthogonality relation is identified to evaluate the coefficients in a mode expansion. An algorithm, adaptive to incident fields, is then developed to systematically and efficiently perform mode expansion in highly MMFs. The mode expansion approach is successfully applied to investigate the mode-selection properties of coreless fiber segments incorporated in multicore fiber lasers and the self-imaging in MMFs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2707-2720 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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