In this project, we demonstrate the fabrication of short, yet adiabatic 2- and 3-mode selective optical lanterns using double-clad fibers as input, replacing the newly demonstrated graded index fiber. Using three types of fibers with slightly different numerical apertures, we obtained very short components while retaining full adiabaticity. The resulting photonic lanterns are short and less fragile than components made with the current fabrication process, and they feature both low excess loss and high mode selectivity.
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