[TuE3] Design, Fabrication and Characterization of SDM Fibers

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM JST(6:00 AM - 6:15 AM UTC)

[TuE3-4] Gradient Based Optimization of Multi-Step-Index Fibers for Low Differential Mode Delay

Jakub Kostial¹, ○Ming-Jun Li², Filipe M. Ferreira¹ (¹Univ. College London, ²Corning)

Keywords:

Fiber design,fabrication and characterization,Fibers for space division multiplexing

In this paper, we investigate the design of multi-step-index multimode fibers with a cladding trench for over 45 spatial modes over the C-Band using an efficient, gradient based radial fiber mode solver.