@article {391,
	title = {Optimization of Spatial Aperture-Sampled ModeMultiplexer for a Three-Mode Fiber},
	journal = {Photonics Technology Letters},
	volume = {24},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {2101-2104},
	abstract = {An optimization procedure for spatial mode multiplexing from individual single-mode fibers into a three-mode fiber based on a spatial aperture sampling concept has been developed. By placing space-variant imaging elements between the single-mode and few-mode fibers, each beam aperture can be shaped for lower loss coupling and low mode-dependent losses. The optimization achieves a record theoretical -1.5-dB insertion loss, improving on the previous theoretical -2-dB record.},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6316069},
	author = {Miri Blau and Dan M. Marom}
}
