Experimental Evaluation of Principal Mode Groups as High-Speed Transmission Channels in Spatial Multiplex Systems

Author

Franz, Bernd ; Bülow, Henning

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Stuttgart, Germany

Volume

24

Issue

16

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1363

Lastpage

1365

Abstract

The application of principal mode groups for the transmission of high bit rate data over OM4 graded-index multimode fiber (MMF) has been experimentally investigated. Eight principal mode groups have been identified as being suitable for spatially separated transmission channels at a wavelength of 1550 nm for the OM4 fiber. It has been shown that each of the eight mode groups can be used for the transmission of 10-Gb/s data over a 5-km-long graded-index MMF.

Keywords

error statistics; gradient index optics; optical fibre communication; space division multiplexing; OM4 graded-index multimode fiber; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distance 5 km; graded-index MMF; high bit rate data; high-speed transmission channels; principal mode groups; spatial multiplex systems; spatially separated transmission channels; wavelength 1550 nm; Attenuation; Indexes; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Graded-index multimode fiber (GI-MMF); optical fiber communication; principal mode groups (PMGs); spatial multiplex;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2012.2202224

Filename

6210360