Efficient Mode Conversion from a Standard Single-Mode Fiber to a Subwavelength-Diameter Microfiber.

Wanling Wu, Huakang Yu, Chunhua Wang, Zhiyuan Li

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Advanced Manufacturing on Nano- and Microscale.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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Wanling WuSchool of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510460, China.

Huakang YuSchool of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510460, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2437-6494

Chunhua WangSchool of Electrical Engineering and Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China.

Zhiyuan LiSchool of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510460, China.

Funding

Guangdong Science and Technology Department 2020B010190001National Natural Science Foundation of China 12174116National Natural Science Foundation of China 91850107

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Abstract

Efficient mode conversion is crucial for hybrid photonic systems. We present efficient light transition from a standard single-mode fiber (SMF) to a subwavelength-diameter microfiber via a relatively short tapered fiber. Numerical simulations were performed to design the tapered morphology with high transmittance (approximately 86%) for the fundamental modes. The designed tapered fiber was successfully fabricated on the top of a cleaved SMF tip by the direct laser writing (DLW) method. For the 1550 nm wavelength, the transmittance from the standard SMF to the subwavelength-diameter microfiber was determined to be 77%, accompanied by a change in the effective mode area from 38 μm

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direct laser writing methodhybrid photonics systemmode conversionoptical interconnectphotonic integrationtapered fibertwo-photon polymerization

Identifiers

PMID38063699

DOI10.3390/nano13233003

PMCPMC10708430

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