Title :
Tunable filter for orbital-angular-momentum multiplexed optical channels
Author :
Hao Huang ; Yongxiong Ren ; Guodong Xie ; Yan Yan ; Yang Yue ; Ahmed, Nova ; Lavery, Martin P. J. ; Padgett, M.J. ; Dolinar, Sam ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A tunable orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode filter is proposed. Filtering/blocking selected channels from 4 spatially multiplexed OAM channels is demonstrated. An OSNR penalty of <;2 dB is observed when using the filter for 100 Gb/s QPSK data channels.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical tuning; quadrature phase shift keying; OAM multiplexed optical channels; OSNR penalty; QPSK data channels; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; tunable orbital angular momentum mode filter; Filtering; Laser beams; Optical beams; Optical fiber filters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
