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1	Characterization and Stabilization of Transverse Spatial Modes of Light in Few-Mode Optical Fibers Pihl, Oscar January 2023 (has links) With the growing need for secure and high-capacity communications, innovative solutions are needed to meet the demands of tomorrow. One such innovation is to make use of the still unutilized spatial dimension of light in communications, which has promising applications in both enabling higher data traffic as well as the security protocols of the future in quantum communications. The perhaps most promising way of realizing this technology is through spatial division multiplexing (SDM) in optical fibers. There are many challenges and open questions in implementing this, such as how perturbations to the signal should be kept under control and which type of optical fiber to use. Consequently, this thesis focuses on the implementation of SDM in few-mode fibers where the perturbation effects on the spatial distribution have been investigated. Following this investigation, an implementation of adaptive spatial mode control using a motorized polarization controller has been implemented. The mode control has been done with the focus on having relevance for quantum technology applications such as Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and quantum random number generation (QRNG) but also for spatial division multiplexing (SDM) for general communications. For this reason, two evaluation metrics have been optimized for: extinction ratio and equal amplitude. The control algorithm used is an adaptation of the optimization algorithm Stochastic Parallel Gradient Descent (SPGD). Control has been achieved in stabilizing the extinction ratio of LP11a and LP11b over 12 hours with an average extinction ratio of 98 %. Additionally, equal amplitude between LP11a and LP11b has been achieved over 1 hour with an average relative difference of 0.42 % and 0.45 %. Out of the perturbation effects investigated; temperature caused large disturbances to the signal which later is corrected for with the implemented algorithm. spatial modes Space division multiplexing SDM superpositions LP-modes few-mode fibers quantum communication quantum optics adaptive optics stochastic parallel gradient descent SPGD mode control QKD polarization controller paddle controller QRNG quantum random number generator spatial modes perturbation effects Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics Atom- och molekylfysik och optik Telecommunications Telekommunikation Other Physics Topics Annan fysik

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Characterization and Stabilization of Transverse Spatial Modes of Light in Few-Mode Optical Fibers