Selective excitation and coupling of high-order optical modes of a microstructured optical fiber by using a fiber-end microtip

• Published in: Optics letters Vol. 36; no. 20; p. 4074
• Main Authors: Bai, Yinbing, Zhang, A Ping, Yan, Guofeng, He, Sailing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 15.10.2011

We present the selective excitation and coupling of high-order optical modes in microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) by using a fiber-end microtip. After the self-growing of a microtip on the end face of a standard single-mode fiber, it is demonstrated that a fine tuning of the relative displacemen...