Title :
Low-loss mode coupler for mode-multiplexed transmission in few-mode fiber
Author :
Ryf, R. ; Mestre, M.A. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Randel, S. ; Schmidt, C. ; Essiambre, R. -J ; Winzer, P.J. ; Delbue, R. ; Pupalaikis, P. ; Sureka, A. ; Sun, Y. ; Jiang, X. ; Peckham, D.W. ; McCurdy, A. ; Lingle, R., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present a novel low-loss 3-spot mode coupler to selectively address 6 spatial and polarization modes of a few-mode fiber. The coupler is used in a 6×6 MIMO-transmission experiment over a 154-km hybrid span consisting of 129-km depressed-cladding and 25-km graded-index few-mode fiber.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; gradient index optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; MIMO-transmission; depressed-cladding; distance 154 km; graded-index few-mode fiber; hybrid span; low-loss mode coupler; mode-multiplexed transmission; polarization modes; spatial modes; Couplers; Couplings; Insertion loss; Least squares approximation; MIMO; Multiplexing; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
