Title :
Multiplying bandwidth of multi-mode optical fibers through application of spatial domain multiplexing
Author :
Murshid, S.H. ; Chakravarty, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Inst. of Technol., Melbourne, FL, USA
Abstract :
Spatial domain multiplexing (SDM) increases optical fiber bandwidth by allowing co-propagation of spatially separated channels of same wavelength and adds additional degrees of freedom. Experimental attenuation and dispersion are reported for a typical SDM system.
Keywords :
channel spacing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; space division multiplexing; SDM; attenuation; dispersion; multimode optical fiber bandwidth multiplication; spatial domain multiplexing; spatially separated channels; Attenuation; Indexes; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber- Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cocoa Beach, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0757-5
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2012.6344030
