Title :
Reconfigurable 2×2 orbital-angular-momentum-based optical switching of 50-Gbaud QPSK channels
Author :
Ahmed, Nova ; Hao Huang ; Yongxiong Ren ; Yan Yan ; Guodong Xie ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a reconfigurable 2×2 switch for four OAM-multiplexed beams carrying 50-Gbaud QPSK data channels. The performance of the switch is measured for different switch configurations. An OSNR penalty of <; 2.5 dB is observed for the switched channels.
Keywords :
optical switches; quadrature phase shift keying; OAM-multiplexed beams; OSNR penalty; QPSK data channels; reconfigurable orbital-angular-momentum-based optical switching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1508
