Intrinsically Stabilized Plastic Optical Fiber Link Subject to External Optical Feedback
We develop a graded-index plastic optical fiber (GI POF) that can significantly stabilize a multimode fiber (MMF) link with a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to external optical feedback. It is demonstrated that the dominant mechanism for this stabilization effect is the stron...
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| description | We develop a graded-index plastic optical fiber (GI POF) that can significantly stabilize a multimode fiber (MMF) link with a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to external optical feedback. It is demonstrated that the dominant mechanism for this stabilization effect is the strong mode coupling of the GI POF, which is closely related to the polymer-specific microscopic heterogeneities in the GI POF core material. Such mode coupling decreases correlation between the problematic reflected light field and VCSEL cavity field, increasing tolerance of the MMF link for external optical feedback. Our developed GI POF with specific microscopic heterogeneities prevents the external-optical-feedback-induced critical destabilization observed for silica GI MMFs. These results suggest that the stabilization effect can be controlled by microscopic properties regardless of the fiber attenuations and core refractive indices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0b59f2b0ff8d450884d10d4131c6f67c2025-08-20T03:32:57ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-011111710.1109/JPHOT.2019.28917038606222Intrinsically Stabilized Plastic Optical Fiber Link Subject to External Optical FeedbackAzusa Inoue0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7816-7199Yasuhiro Koike1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2726-428XGraduate School of Science and Technology, Keio Photonics Research Institute, Keio University, Kawasaki, JapanGraduate School of Science and Technology, Keio Photonics Research Institute, Keio University, Kawasaki, JapanWe develop a graded-index plastic optical fiber (GI POF) that can significantly stabilize a multimode fiber (MMF) link with a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to external optical feedback. It is demonstrated that the dominant mechanism for this stabilization effect is the strong mode coupling of the GI POF, which is closely related to the polymer-specific microscopic heterogeneities in the GI POF core material. Such mode coupling decreases correlation between the problematic reflected light field and VCSEL cavity field, increasing tolerance of the MMF link for external optical feedback. Our developed GI POF with specific microscopic heterogeneities prevents the external-optical-feedback-induced critical destabilization observed for silica GI MMFs. These results suggest that the stabilization effect can be controlled by microscopic properties regardless of the fiber attenuations and core refractive indices.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8606222/Optical interconnectswaveguidesscattering |
| spellingShingle | Azusa Inoue Yasuhiro Koike Intrinsically Stabilized Plastic Optical Fiber Link Subject to External Optical Feedback IEEE Photonics Journal Optical interconnects waveguides scattering |
| title | Intrinsically Stabilized Plastic Optical Fiber Link Subject to External Optical Feedback |
| title_full | Intrinsically Stabilized Plastic Optical Fiber Link Subject to External Optical Feedback |
| title_fullStr | Intrinsically Stabilized Plastic Optical Fiber Link Subject to External Optical Feedback |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intrinsically Stabilized Plastic Optical Fiber Link Subject to External Optical Feedback |
| title_short | Intrinsically Stabilized Plastic Optical Fiber Link Subject to External Optical Feedback |
| title_sort | intrinsically stabilized plastic optical fiber link subject to external optical feedback |
| topic | Optical interconnects waveguides scattering |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8606222/ |
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