Space-division multiplexing based on few-mode multi-core fiber(FM-MCF)technology is expected to break the Shannon limit of a single-mode fiber.However,an FM-MCF is compact,and it is difficult to couple the beam to each fiber core.3D waveguide devices have the advantages of low insertion loss and low cross talk in separating various spatial paths of multi-core fibers.Designing a 3D waveguide device for an FM-MCF requires considering not only higher-order modes transmission,but also waveguide bending.We propose and demonstrate a 3D wave-guide device fabricated by femtosecond laser direct writing for various spatial path separations in an FM-MCF.The 3D waveguide device couples the LP01 and LP11a modes to the FM-MCF with an insertion loss below 3 dB and cross talk between waveguides below-36 dB.To test the performance of the 3D waveguide device,we dem-onstrate four-channel multiplexing communication with two LP modes and two cores in a 1-km few-mode seven-core fiber.The bit error rate curves show that the different degrees of bending of the waveguides result in a difference of approximately 1 dB in the power penalty.Femtosecond laser direct writing fabrication enables 3D waveguide devices to support high-order LP modes transmission and further improves FM-MCF communication.

JUNCHENG FANG;JINGBO HU;YANAN ZHONG;ARU KONG;JIANXIN REN;SHIBIAO WEI;ZHENWEI XIE;TING LEI;Bo LIU;XIAOCONG YUAN

Nanophotonics Research Centre,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology&Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics,Shenzhen University,Shenzhen 518060,China;Institute of Optoelectronics,Nanjing University of Information Science&Technology,Nanjing 210044,China

光子学研究（英文）

[1]JUNCHENG FANG;JINGBO HU;YANAN ZHONG;ARU KONG;JIANXIN REN;SHIBIAO WEI;ZHENWEI XIE;TING LEI;Bo LIU;XIAOCONG YUAN-.3D waveguide device for few-mode multi-core fiber optical communications)[J].光子学研究（英文）,2022(12):2677-2685

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