Comparison of modelling techniques for multimode fibers and its application to VCSEL source coupling

Huiying Zhong; Site Zhang; Rui Shi; Christian Hellmann; Frank Wyrowski

doi:10.1117/12.2192425

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2 October 2015 Comparison of modelling techniques for multimode fibers and its application to VCSEL source coupling

Huiying Zhong, Site Zhang, Rui Shi, Christian Hellmann, Frank Wyrowski

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Proceedings Volume 9630, Optical Systems Design 2015: Computational Optics; 96300L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192425
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2015, Jena, Germany

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Ray tracing and split-step method are the most efficient techniques to model multi-mode ﬁber. In this work, we also propose a geometrical optics based approach, which is beyond ray tracing. This approach, which is mathematically based on Runge-Kutta methods, handles not only ray information but light ﬁeld information, e.g. amplitude and polarization. Then we discuss and compare the different techniques by the example of coupling of a VCSEL source into a multi-mode ﬁber.

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Huiying Zhong, Site Zhang, Rui Shi, Christian Hellmann, and Frank Wyrowski "Comparison of modelling techniques for multimode fibers and its application to VCSEL source coupling", Proc. SPIE 9630, Optical Systems Design 2015: Computational Optics, 96300L (2 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2192425

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