Title :
Stable transmission of 12 OAM states in air-core fiber
Author :
Gregg, P. ; Kristensen, P. ; Golowich, Steven E. ; Olsen, J.O. ; Steinvurzel, P. ; Ramachandran, Siddharth
Author_Institution :
Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate modally pure propagation over a record number (12) of modes in an optical fiber. An air-core fiber enables this by supporting OAM states. We achieve mode purities >10dB over 2m for all states and >20dB after 1km for a 2 state subset.
Keywords :
light transmission; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; OAM state transmission stablity; air-core fiber; distance 1 km; distance 2 m; optical fiber; optical propagation; orbital angular momentum; Couplings; Indexes; Interference; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Time-domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
