Offset launch mode from nanotaper waveguide into multimode fiber
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    发明授权
    Offset launch mode from nanotaper waveguide into multimode fiber 有权
    从纳米孔波导到多模光纤的偏移发射模式

    公开(公告)号:US07706644B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-27

    申请号:US12218367

    申请日:2008-07-15

    IPC分类号: G02B6/26

    摘要: One or more nanotaper coupling waveguides formed within an optical substrate allows for straightforward, reproducible offset launch conditions to be achieved between an incoming signal and the core region of a multimode fiber (which may be disposed along an alignment fixture formed in the optical substrate), fiber array or other multimode waveguiding structure. Offset launching of a single mode signal into a multimode fiber couples the signal into favorable spatial modes which reduce the presence of differential mode dispersion along the fiber. This approach to providing single mode signal coupling into legacy multimode fiber is considered to be an improvement over the prior art which required the use of an interface element between a single mode fiber and multimode fiber, limiting the number of propagating signals and applications for the legacy multimode fiber. An optical switch may be used to select the specific nanotaper(s) for coupling into the multimode fiber.

    摘要翻译: 形成在光学衬底内的一个或多个纳米锥耦合波导允许在多模光纤(其可以沿着形成在光学衬底中的对准夹具设置)的入射信号和芯区域之间实现简单,可再现的偏移发射条件, 光纤阵列或其他多模波导结构。 偏移将单模信号发射到多模光纤中将信号耦合到有利的空间模式,这降低了沿着光纤的差分色散的存在。 将单模信号耦合提供给传统多模光纤的这种方法被认为是对需要使用单模光纤和多模光纤之间的接口元件的现有技术的改进,限制了传播信号的数量和遗留的应用 多模光纤 可以使用光学开关来选择用于耦合到多模光纤的特定纳米锥。