Mode Compression and Loss in Tapered Microstructure Optical Fiber

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6426-3051
 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-8433

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2005-05-22

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Hu, Jonathan, Brian S. Marks, Jinchae Kim, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Mode Compression and Loss in Tapered Microstructure Optical Fiber.” In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies (2005), Paper JWB56, JWB56. Optica Publishing Group, 2005. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=QELS-2005-JWB56.

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Refractive index
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
Modes
Fiber design
UMBC Computational Photonics Laboratory
Tapered fibers
Optical fibers
Step index fibers
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory

Abstract

We calculate the evolution of the loss, dispersion, and mode shape in a tapered microstructure optical fiber. We show that the primary limitation on mode compression is the loss due to mode leakage.