• DocumentCode
    841542
  • Title

    Instability of the Multimode Fiber Frequency Response Beyond the Baseband for Coherent Sources

  • Author

    Siuzdak, Jerzy ; Stepniak, Grzegorz ; Kowalczyk, Marcin ; Maksymiuk, Lukasz

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Telecommun., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    993
  • Lastpage
    995
  • Abstract
    Fluctuations of the multimode fiber (MMF) frequency response beyond the baseband are observed experimentally when highly coherent light sources are used. This behavior is caused by the variation of the mode group powers caused by the relative modal phase fluctuation combined with spatial filtering at elements such as nonideal connectors. The observed effect may have vital influence on subcarrier multiplexing systems operation outside the baseband of the MMF. The effect is investigated both theoretically and experimentally.
  • Keywords
    frequency response; light coherence; modal analysis; optical fibre communication; spatial filters; subcarrier multiplexing; coherent light source; multimode fiber frequency response; nonideal connector; relative modal phase fluctuation; spatial filter; subcarrier multiplexing system; Frequency response; modal noise; multimode fiber (MMF); subcarrier multiplexing (SCM);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2009.2021572
  • Filename
    4912362