Title :
Propagation of Laguerre-Gaussian mode light through multi-core fiber at telecom wavelength
Author :
Awaji, Yoshinari ; Wada, Naoya ; Toda, Yasunori ; Hayashi, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We observed phase preservation of Laguerre-Gaussian light after propagation through multi-core fiber (7-core). We showed the possibility of mode-division multiplexing transmission in principle. Denser core promises higher degree of multiplexing.
Keywords :
light propagation; light transmission; space division multiplexing; stochastic processes; Laguerre-Gaussian mode light; mode-division multiplexing transmission; multi-core fiber; phase preservation; telecom wavelength; Laser beams; Multiplexing; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4