Title :
Demonstration of spatial mode division multiplexing using Laguerre-Gaussian mode beam in telecom-wavelength
Author :
Awaji, Yoshinari ; Wada, Naoya ; Toda, Yasunori
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Spatial mode division multiplexing was performed by using Laguerre-Gaussian mode beam (Optical vortex). We demonstrated multiplexing of two channels of 10Gbit/s signal. Error free condition was successfully achieved. This technique can be utilized for free space and multi-mode fiber transmission.
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; laser beams; laser modes; optical fibre communication; optical vortices; space division multiplexing; Laguerre-Gaussian mode beam; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; free space fiber transmission; multi-mode fiber transmission; optical vortex; spatial mode division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699006