Title
Vortex polymer optical fiber with 64 stable oam states
Date Issued
01 December 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Campinas
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
This research introduces a numerical design of an air-core vortex polymer optical fiber in cyclic transparent optical polymer (CYTOP) that propagates 32 orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes, i.e., it may support up to 64 stable OAM-states considering left-and right-handed circular polarizations. This fiber seeks to be an alternative to increase the capacity of short-range optical communication systems multiplexed by modes, in agreement with the high demand of low-cost, insensitive-to-bending and easy-to-handle fibers similar to others optical fibers fabricated in polymers. This novel fiber possesses unique characteristics: a diameter of 50 µm that would allow a high mechanical compatibility with commercially available polymer optical fibers, a difference of effective index between neighbor OAM modes of around 10−4 over a bandwidth from 1 to 1.6 µm, propagation losses of approximately 15 × 10−3 dB/m for all OAM modes, and a very low dispersion for OAM higher order modes (±l = 16) of up to +2.5 ps/km-nm compared with OAM lower order modes at a telecom wavelength of 1.3 µm, in which the CYTOP exhibits a minimal attenuation. The spectra of mutual coupling coefficients between modes are computed considering small bends of up to 3 cm of radius and slight ellipticity in the ring of up to 5%. Results show lower-charge weights for higher order OAM modes.
Start page
1
End page
13
Volume
12
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096957741
Source
Polymers
ISSN of the container
20734360
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This research study was supported by the Brazilian C&T Institute FOTONICOM through the Brazilian Agency CNPq under Project N◦ 465757/2014-6, by the Thematic Project “Photonics for Next Generation Internet” through the State of São Paulo Agency FAPESP, under contract N◦ 2015/24517-8, and the CNPq Individual Research Project N◦ 3121-/2016-2. The work of J. A. Borda-Hernández was supported by the Brazilian Agency CAPES.
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