Title :
Experimental study of elementary inter-modal nonlinear interactions in a long few-mode fiber
Author :
Essiambre, R.-J. ; Ryf, R. ; Mestre, M.A. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Chraplyvy, A.R. ; Sun, Yue ; Lingle, Robert
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report the results of an experimental investigation of inter-modal nonlinearities in a 4.7-km few-mode fiber (FMF). Both inter-modal cross-phase modulation (IM-XPM) and inter-modal four-wave mixing (IM-FWM) have been observed between waves separated by a several Terahertz.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical modulation; phase modulation; FMF; IM-FWM; IM-XPM; distance 4.7 km; intermodal cross-phase modulation; intermodal four-wave mixing; intermodal nonlinear interactions; long few-mode fiber; Frequency conversion; Modulation; Optical mixing; Optimized production technology; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
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.2013.6614545
