12-array Single-Mode VCSEL Chip Multiplexing to 12-mode Fiber with 3D-Printed, Free-Standing, Micro-scale Photonic Lantern

Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
Dana, Yoav; Shukhin, Ksenia; Marom, Dan M.

Abstract:
We realize a 12-mode, 300micrometer long photonic lantern by 3D-printing directly onto an InGaAs VCSEL chip and demonstrate spatial multiplexing of the incoherent laser sources to a 12-mode fiber with efficiency > −3.5dB.