Title :
305-km combined wavelength and mode-multiplexed transmission over conventional graded-index multimode fibre
Author :
Ryf, R. ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Guan, B. ; Huang, Bo ; Esmaeelpour, M. ; Randel, S. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Adamiecki, A. ; Raybon, G. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Shubochkin, Roman ; Sun, Yue ; Lingle, Robert
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present experimental results for mode-multiplexed WDM transmission over OM3 multimode fibres. We transmit 60 WDM channels and 3 spatial modes over a distance of 305 km. We use mode-selective photonic lanterns as mode couplers and for differential group delay compensation.
Keywords :
optical communication; wavelength division multiplexing; OM3 multimode fibres; WDM channels; conventional graded index multimode fibre; differential group delay compensation; mode multiplexed WDM transmission; mode selective photonic lanterns; spatial modes; Delays; Laser modes; MIMO; Photonics; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964277
