Title :
Evaluation of photonic lanterns for lossless mode-multiplexing
Author :
Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Ryf, Roland R. ; Leon-Saval, Sergio G. ; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We investigate photonic lanterns for lossless coupling without mode dependent loss between single-mode fibres and a multi-mode fibre supporting up to 15 spatial modes. Measurements of a 7-mode demultiplexer show <;1 dB coupling and mode dependent loss.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; demultiplexer; lossless coupling; lossless mode-multiplexing; mode dependent loss; multimode fibre; photonic lanterns; single-mode fibres; Arrays; Couplings; MIMO; Optical losses; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
