On-fiber 3D printing of Photonic crystal fiber tapers for mode field diameter conversion

Andrea Bertoncini, Vijayakumar P. Rajamanickam, Carlo Liberale

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Abstract

The large mismatch between the Mode Field Diameter (MFD) of conventional single-mode fibers (SMFs) and the MFD of highly nonlinear Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs), that can be down to 1.5 μm, or Large Mode Area PCF, that can be up to 25 μm, would require a substantial fiber mode size rescaling in order to allow an efficient direct coupling between PCFs and SMFs. Over the years different solutions have been proposed, as fiber splicing of SMF to PCF. However these procedures are not straightforward, as they involve developing special splicing recipes, and can affect PCF optical properties at the splice interface [1].
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe 2017
PublisherOptica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Electronic)9781509067367
ISBN (Print)9781509067367
StatePublished - 2017
EventThe European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe 2017 - Munich, Germany
Duration: Jun 25 2017Jun 29 2017

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
VolumePart F82-CLEO_Europe 2017
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferenceThe European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO_Europe 2017
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period06/25/1706/29/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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