DocumentCode
3260381
Title
Photonic lantern spatial multiplexers in space-division multiplexing
Author
Fontaine, Nicolas K.
Author_Institution
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
8-10 July 2013
Firstpage
97
Lastpage
98
Abstract
Photonic-lanterns are lossless spatial-multiplexers that scramble N signals onto the N modes of a multi-mode fiber without mode- dependent loss. They can scale to large N and have enabled transmission over a fiber supporting 12 spatial and polarization-modes.
Keywords
multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; space division multiplexing; lossless spatial-multiplexers; multimode fiber; photonic lantern spatial multiplexers; polarization-mode; space-division multiplexing; spatial-mode; transmission; Multiplexing; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Three-dimensional displays; Transmission line matrix methods; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5059-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614504
Filename
6614504
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