Spatial multiplexers and demultiplexers for mode group division multiplex

Author

Franz, Bernd ; Buelow, Henning

Author_Institution

Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Stuttgart, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Spatial multiplexer and demultiplexer are beneath the multimode fiber the key components for a transmission system using mode or mode group division multiplexing (MDM or MGDM). The spatial multiplexer converts the LP₀₁ modes of the incoming singlemode fibers into the desired modes or mode groups of the multimode fiber. The spatial demultiplexer performs the inverse operation. This paper gives an overview on different kinds of spatial multiplexers/demultiplexers and introduces a first experimental result of a 4:1 spatial multiplexer in combination with a standard OM4 graded-index multimode fiber.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; LP₀₁ modes; MGDM; mode group division multiplex; mode group division multiplexing; multimode fiber; singlemode fibers; spatial demultiplexers; spatial multiplexers; standard OM4 graded-index multimode fiber; transmission system; Multiplexing; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Multimode transmission; graded-index multimode fiber; mode converter; mode group division multiplex; spatial multiplex;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602754

Filename

6602754