Title :
Mode dependent loss equaliser and impact of MDL on PDM-16QAM few-mode fibre transmission
Author :
T. Mizuno;H. Takara;K. Shibahara;Y. Miyamoto;M. Oguma;H. Ono;Y. Abe;T. Matsui;S. Matsuo;K. Saitoh;Y. Kimura
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, NTT Corporation
Abstract :
We experimentally evaluate the relationship between mode dependent loss (MDL) and Q penalty for few-mode fibre transmission. We employ a low-MDL recirculating loop and free-space-optics type MDL equaliser and transmit 3-mode signals with PDM-16QAM modulation.
Keywords :
"Optical fibers","Transmission line measurements","Propagation losses","Multiplexing","Optical losses","Q-factor","Wavelength measurement"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341783
