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Tailoring of spatial coherence in a multimode fiber by selectively exciting groups of eigenmodes. / Ma, Rui; Zhang, Hua Hui; Manuylovich, Egor et al.
In: Optics Express, Vol. 28, No. 14, 01.07.2020, p. 20587-20597.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Tailoring of spatial coherence in a multimode fiber by selectively exciting groups of eigenmodes
AU - Ma, Rui
AU - Zhang, Hua Hui
AU - Manuylovich, Egor
AU - Sugavanam, Srikanth
AU - Wu, Han
AU - Zhang, Wei Li
AU - Dvoyrin, Vladislav
AU - Hu, Tao Ping
AU - Hu, Zhi Jia
AU - Rao, Yun Jiang
AU - Turitsyn, Sergei K.
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Control of the properties of speckle patterns produced by mutual interference of light waves is important for various applications of multimode optical fibers. It has been shown previously that a high signal-to-noise ratio in a multimode fiber can be achieved by preferential excitation of lower order spatial eigenmodes in optical fiber communication. Here we demonstrate that signal spatial coherence can be tailored by changing relative contributions of the lower and higher order multimode fiber eigenmodes for the research of speckle formation and spatial coherence. It is found that higher order spatial eigenmodes are more conducive to the final speckle formation. The minimum speckle contrast occurs in the lower order spatial eigenmodes dominated regime. This work paves the way for control and manipulation of the spatial coherence of light in a multimode fiber varying from partially coherent or totally incoherent light.
AB - Control of the properties of speckle patterns produced by mutual interference of light waves is important for various applications of multimode optical fibers. It has been shown previously that a high signal-to-noise ratio in a multimode fiber can be achieved by preferential excitation of lower order spatial eigenmodes in optical fiber communication. Here we demonstrate that signal spatial coherence can be tailored by changing relative contributions of the lower and higher order multimode fiber eigenmodes for the research of speckle formation and spatial coherence. It is found that higher order spatial eigenmodes are more conducive to the final speckle formation. The minimum speckle contrast occurs in the lower order spatial eigenmodes dominated regime. This work paves the way for control and manipulation of the spatial coherence of light in a multimode fiber varying from partially coherent or totally incoherent light.
KW - SPECKLE CONTRAST
KW - OPTICAL-FIBERS
KW - MODAL NOISE
KW - POWER
KW - TRANSMISSION
KW - REDUCTION
KW - OUTPUT
KW - MODES
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087810119&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1364/OE.394350
DO - 10.1364/OE.394350
M3 - Article
C2 - 32680115
AN - SCOPUS:85087810119
VL - 28
SP - 20587
EP - 20597
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
SN - 1094-4087
IS - 14
ER -
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