209-km single-span mode- and wavelength-multiplexed transmission over hybrid few-mode fiber

Author

Ryf, R. ; Randel, S. ; Mestre, M.A. ; Schmidt, Christoph ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Essiambre, R.-J. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Delbue, R. ; Pupalaikis, P. ; Sureka, A. ; Sun, Yue ; Jiang, Xinyang ; McCurdy, A.H. ; Peckham, D.W. ; Lingle, Robert

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

16-20 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate multiple-input multiple-output transmission over a 209-km hybrid few-mode fiber span of a combined 3-space-, 2-polarization-, and 5-wavelength-division multiplex, using low-loss 3-spot mode couplers and backward-pumped distributed Raman amplification.

Keywords

MIMO communication; Raman lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; backward pumped distributed Raman amplification; distance 209 km; hybrid few mode fiber; mode multiplexed transmission; multiple input multiple output transmission; single span multiplexed transmission; three spot mode couplers; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength multiplexed transmission; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Couplers; Laser excitation; MIMO; Multiplexing; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Type

conf

Filename

6706136