Title :
Orbital-angular-momentum-based reconfigurable and “lossless” optical add/drop multiplexing of multiple 100-Gbit/s channels
Author :
Hao Huang ; Yang Yue ; Yan Yan ; Ahmed, Nova ; Yongxiong Ren ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing in a data link using orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode division multiplexing. Adding/dropping of one OAM mode from three multiplexed OAM modes, each carrying 100 Gbit/s QPSK data is demonstrated, with an OSNR penalty of <; 2dB.
Keywords :
multiplexing; quadrature phase shift keying; OAM mode division multiplexing; OSNR penalty; QPSK data; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; lossless optical add-drop multiplexing; multiplexed OAM modes; orbital angular momentum; orbital-angular-momentum-based reconfigurable multiplexing; Bit error rate; Gratings; Laser beams; Multiplexing; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
