An eight-mode
multiplexer /
demultiplexer based on a
refractive index step type non-
degenerate mode main channel is characterized in that a
transmission channel is formed by one eight-mode elliptical
fiber core (EC) and seven single-mode
fiber cores, and the elliptical
fiber core at the coordinate center serves as a transmission
main channel and penetrates through two sections; the single-mode fiber core serving as a side core is a transmission
coupling channel, two ends of the single-mode fiber core are coupled, and the second section is arranged at the rear end of the longest
coupling length of the first section; the length of a transmission
main channel of the elliptical fiber core is 11.37 mm, the ellipticity rho of the elliptical core is 1.58, the length of a major semi-axis is 7.02 [mu] m, and the length of a minor semi-axis is 4.44 [mu] m; the length of the SMF-HG10 is 8.112 mm, the length of the SMF-HG01 is 4.976 mm, the length of the SMF-HG20 is 3.258 mm, the length of the SMF-HG11 is 1.190 mm, the length of the SMF-HG30 is 1.626 mm, and the length of the SMF-HG21 is 1.964 mm; the
refractive index difference between the main
modes of the
multiplexer and the
demultiplexer is greater than 1 * 10 <-3 >, the mode degeneracy of HG30 and HG02 is broken, and the mode preserving function is realized; the
refractive index fiber core made of pure
silicon dioxide is adopted to reduce loss; the side core is divided into two sections for
coupling, so that low-loss and low-
crosstalk multiplexing and demultiplexing of eight
modes are realized, and
MIMO-FREE operation is realized.