Title :
Photonic-lantern-based mode multiplexers for few-mode-fiber transmission
Author :
Ryf, R. ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Montoliu, M. ; Randel, S. ; Ercan, Burcu ; Chen, Huanting ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Leon-Saval, Sergio G. ; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss ; Salazar-Gil, J.R. ; Sun, Yue ; Lingle, Robert
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report transmission experiments in few-mode fibers supporting 6 spatialand polarization modes, where low-loss photonic lanterns are used as mode multiplexers. We measured a transmission distance of 900 km for 32 WDM channels with a 100 GHz channel spacing and a distance of 1500 km for a single wavelength channel experiment.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical fibre communication; WDM channels; distance 1500 km; distance 900 km; few-mode-fiber transmission; frequency 100 GHz; low-loss photonic lanterns; photonic-lantern-based mode multiplexers; polarization modes; spatial modes; Couplers; Loss measurement; Optical polarization; Photonics; Q-factor; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.W4J.2
