Title :
Photonic lantern spatial multiplexers in space-division multiplexing
Author :
Fontaine, Nicolas K.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Photonic-lanterns are lossless spatial-multiplexers that scramble N signals onto the N modes of a multi-mode fiber without mode- dependent loss. They can scale to large N and have enabled transmission over a fiber supporting 12 spatial and polarization-modes.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; space division multiplexing; lossless spatial-multiplexers; multimode fiber; photonic lantern spatial multiplexers; polarization-mode; space-division multiplexing; spatial-mode; transmission; Multiplexing; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Three-dimensional displays; Transmission line matrix methods; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614504
