Title :
Using orbital angular momentum modes for optical transmission
Author :
Jian Wang ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Opt. & Electron. Inf., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We review recent progress on optical transmission using orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes. Free-space OAM transmissions with a spectral efficiency of 95.7 bit/s/Hz and an aggregate capacity of 100.8 Tbit/s and 1.1-km fiber OAM transmission with an aggregate capacity of 1.6 Tbit/s are demonstrated. Grooming OAM networking functionalities and future challenges are also discussed.
Keywords :
optical communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM signals; OAM modes; OAM networking functionalities; aggregate capacity; bit rate 1.6 Tbit/s; bit rate 100.8 Tbit/s; free-space OAM transmissions; optical transmission; orbital angular momentum modes; spectral efficiency; Multiplexing; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W4J.5
