Complete description of optical fields propagating in passive LMA fibers regarding amplitude, relative phase delay, and polarization by means of optical correlation filters

Daniel Flamm; Siegmund Schröter; Michael Duparré

doi:10.1117/12.845979

17 February 2010 Complete description of optical fields propagating in passive LMA fibers regarding amplitude, relative phase delay, and polarization by means of optical correlation filters

Daniel Flamm, Siegmund Schröter, Michael Duparré

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Proceedings Volume 7579, Laser Resonators and Beam Control XII; 75790R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845979
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The coexistence of different propagating modes inside an optical multi mode fiber (MMF) determines the properties of the emerging beam. Hence, detailed knowledge of the (transversal) modal content became essential to understand the underlying physical effects. Different approaches were applied to acquire knowledge about modal content of MMFs such as interferometry or M² respectively S² measurement. In this paper we present new results concerning the access to full field information of vector beams, emerging from two step-index LMA fibers (V -parameter 3.96 and 4.72, respectively). Thereby, the direct approachable measurement data consists in modally resolved information about polarization state, intermodal power distribution and intermodal phase delay. By means of the reconstructed field, "global" characterizations of the investigated beams, e.g., in form of the widespread beam propagation ratio M², are possible.

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Daniel Flamm, Siegmund Schröter, and Michael Duparré "Complete description of optical fields propagating in passive LMA fibers regarding amplitude, relative phase delay, and polarization by means of optical correlation filters", Proc. SPIE 7579, Laser Resonators and Beam Control XII, 75790R (17 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845979

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