Modal Dispersion Mitigation in Standard Single-Mode Fibers at 850 nm With Fiber Mode Filters

Author

Papakonstantinou, Ioannis ; Papadopoulos, Spyridon ; Soos, Csaba ; Troska, Jan ; Vasey, Francois ; Vichoudis, Paschalis

Author_Institution

Div. PH-ESE, Eur. Organ. for Nucl. Res. - CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

22

Issue

20

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1476

Lastpage

1478

Abstract

We investigate the possibility of using a fiber which supports only the fundamental LP01 mode at 850 nm as a mode filter to overcome modal dispersion in standard single-mode fiber links that employ either multitransverse or single-transverse-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. The individual power penalties due to modal noise and modal crosstalk effects in the link are investigated.

Keywords

laser modes; optical crosstalk; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical noise; surface emitting lasers; fiber mode filters; fundamental LP01 mode; individual power penalties; modal crosstalk; modal dispersion mitigation; modal noise; multitransverse vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; single-transverse-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; standard single-mode fibers; wavelength 850 nm; Bit error rate; Connectors; Couplings; Crosstalk; Laser modes; Noise; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Differential mode delay; fiber mode filter at 850 nm; modal dispersion; modal noise in vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)-based links;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2063698

Filename

5577647