Minimum length of a single-mode fiber spatial filter
- 1 December 2002
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Vol. 19 (12) , 2445-2448
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.19.002445
Abstract
Using the concept of leaky modes, we derive the minimum length of a single-mode fiber required to act as a spatial-mode filter of given quality. The degree of filter action is defined by the ratio of power carried by the fundamental mode to that carried by the leaky modes.Keywords
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