DocumentCode
1549603
Title
Degenerate Mode-Group Division Multiplexing
Author
Carpenter, Joel ; Thomsen, Benn C. ; Wilkinson, Timothy D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Volume
30
Issue
24
fYear
2012
Firstpage
3946
Lastpage
3952
Abstract
A reconfigurable mode demultiplexer based around a liquid crystal spatial light modulator is demonstrated to optically demultiplex modes that share a propagation constant as separate modal channels using a single shared phase mask per polarization for all channels.
Keywords
demultiplexing equipment; liquid crystal devices; masks; multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; spatial light modulators; degenerate mode-group division multiplexing; liquid crystal spatial light modulator; modal channels; phase mask; propagation constant; reconfigurable mode demultiplexer; Demultiplexing; Multiplexing; Optical fibers; Propagation constant; Multiplexing; space division multiplexing; spatial light modulators (SLMs);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.2012.2206562
Filename
6227317
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