Title :
All optical degenerate mode-group multiplexing using a Mode Selective Switch
Author :
Carpenter, Joel ; Wilkinson, Timothy D.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Dept., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
A Mode Selective Switch based around an LCoS Spatial Light Modulator is demonstrated to optically demultiplex modes with the same propagation constants to the same output fibres, using a common phase mask for all channels.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; liquid crystal on silicon; multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical switches; spatial light modulators; telecommunication channels; LCoS; Si; all optical degenerate mode-group multiplexing; mode selective switch; phase mask; propagation constants; spatial light modulator; Multiplexing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical switches; Propagation constant; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1526-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280814
