10 × 10 Gb/s DWDM Transmission Through 2.2-km Multimode Fiber Using Adaptive Optics

Author

Panicker, Rahul A. ; Wilde, Jeffrey P. ; Kahn, Joseph M. ; Welch, David F. ; Lyubomirsky, Ilya

Author_Institution

Stanford Univ., Stanford

Volume

19

Issue

15

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1154

Lastpage

1156

Abstract

Transmitter-based adaptive optics and receiver-based single-mode filtering are combined to compensate modal dispersion in multimode fiber (MMF). A liquid-crystal spatial light modulator controls the launched field pattern for ten 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero channels, wavelength-division multiplexed on a 200-GHz grid in the C-band. Error-free transmission through 2.2 km of 50-mum graded-index MMF is achieved for launch offsets up to 10 mum and for worst-case launched polarization. A ten-channel transceiver based on parallel integration of electronics and photonics is employed.

Keywords

adaptive optics; gradient index optics; integrated optoelectronics; liquid crystal devices; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical receivers; optical transmitters; spatial light modulators; transceivers; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 times 10 Gb/s DWDM transmission; 50-mum graded-index MMF; C-band; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; error-free transmission; frequency 200 GHz; launch offsets; liquid-crystal spatial light modulator; modal dispersion; multimode fiber; nonreturn-zero channels; parallel integration; receiver-based single-mode filtering; size 2.2 km; size 50 mum; ten-channel transceiver; transmitter-based adaptive optics; wavelength-division multiplexing; worst-case launched polarization; Adaptive filters; Adaptive optics; Filtering; Lighting control; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Transceivers; Wavelength division multiplexing; Adaptive optics; modal dispersion; multimode fibers (MMFs); optical fiber dispersion; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.901437

Filename

4267735