DocumentCode
1943194
Title
Reconfigurable 2×2 orbital-angular-momentum-based optical switching of 50-Gbaud QPSK channels
Author
Ahmed, Nova ; Hao Huang ; Yongxiong Ren ; Yan Yan ; Guodong Xie ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution
Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
22-26 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate a reconfigurable 2×2 switch for four OAM-multiplexed beams carrying 50-Gbaud QPSK data channels. The performance of the switch is measured for different switch configurations. An OSNR penalty of <; 2.5 dB is observed for the switched channels.
Keywords
optical switches; quadrature phase shift keying; OAM-multiplexed beams; OSNR penalty; QPSK data channels; reconfigurable orbital-angular-momentum-based optical switching;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
London
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-84919-759-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp.2013.1508
Filename
6647701
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