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Apparatus using two-mode optical waveguide with non-circular core
Byoung Yoon Kim,James N. Blake +1 more
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In this article, a two-mode optical waveguide with a non-circular core is used to provide stable spatial intensity patterns in both propagation modes for light propagating therein.Abstract:
An apparatus utilizes a two-mode optical waveguide with a non-circular core to provide stable spatial intensity patterns in both propagation modes for light propagating therein. The light has a wavelength, and the non-circular core has cross-sectional dimensions selected such that (1) the waveguide propagates light at that wavelength in a fundamental mode and a higher order mode, and (2) substantially all of the light in the higher order mode propagates in only a single, stable intensity pattern. Embodiments of the invention include, for example, modal couplers, frequency shifters, mode selectors and interferometers. One of the interferometer embodiments may be used as a strain gauge.read more
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