Title :
Space division multiplexing in a basis of vector modes
Author :
Lavery, Martin P. J. ; Milione, Giovanni ; Thien An Nguyen ; Hao Huang ; Guodong Xie ; Nolan, D.A. ; Alfano, Robert R. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate space division multiplexing in a basis of vector modes. Vector modes are a modal bases set, which have spatially varying polarization. Our experimental realization operates with link capacity of 160 G-bit/s, modal crosstalk and BER results are presented.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical crosstalk; space division multiplexing; vectors; BER results; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; modal bases set; modal crosstalk; space division multiplexing; spatially varying polarization; vector modes; Bit error rate; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Photonics; Space vehicles; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964136
