Research on the influence of alignment error on coupling efficiency and beam quality for Gaussian beam to multimode fiber

Abstract

The effect of alignment error on the coupling efficiency and beam quality of a Gaussian beam coupled into a large-core multimode fiber is studied in this paper. The equations for evaluating the effect of alignment error on the coupling efficiency are derived separately, and verified with the method of simulation. The calculation and simulation results obtained are highly consistent. In the same way, the effects of alignment error on the beam power distribution are discussed. The results show that the lateral error will change the path of partial light to a large extent, and have a greater influence on the power distribution of the Gaussian beam than the longitudinal error and angular error do. Keywords: Alignment error, Coupling efficiency, Beam quality, Multimode fiber