Title :
Design of an optical fiber supporting 16 OAM modes
Author :
Brunet, Charles ; Ung, Bora ; Messaddeq, Younes ; LaRochelle, Sophie ; Bernier, Eric ; Rusch, Leslie A.
Author_Institution :
Centre d´Opt., Photonique et Laser (COPL), Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We present the design and fabrication of an optical fiber to support 16 OAM modes. The effective indices of each vector mode are designed for maximal separation facilitating the use of OAM modes for space-division multiplexing.
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; space division multiplexing; OAM mode; optical fiber design; optical fiber fabrication; orbital angular momentum mode; space-division multiplexing; vector mode index; Dispersion; Indexes; Multiplexing; Optical device fabrication; Optical polarization; Refractive index; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th2A.24
