Title :
Demonstration of add/drop multiplexer for 100-Gbit/s RZ-QPSK channels over spatially multiplexed orbital angular momentum modes
Author :
Ahmed, Nisar ; Huang, Hao ; Yue, Yang ; Yan, Yan ; Ren, Yongxiong ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the add/drop multiplexer for two orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes carrying 100-Gbit/s RZ-QPSK channels. An OSNR penalty of <;1.6 dB for added and dropped channels is observed.
Keywords :
angular momentum; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical noise; quadrature phase shift keying; space division multiplexing; OAM modes; OSNR penalty; RZ-QPSK channels; add/drop multiplexer; added channel; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; dropped channel; spatially multiplexed orbital angular momentum modes; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Multiplexing; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Phase shift keying; Spatial filters;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358764
