Title :
Mode division multiplexing over 19-cell hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre by employing integrated mode multiplexer
Author :
Haoshuo Chen ; van Uden, R.G.H. ; Okonkwo, C.M. ; Yongmin Jung ; Wheeler, N.V. ; Fokoua, E. Numkam ; Baddela, N. ; Petrovich, M.N. ; Poletti, F. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Raz, Oded ; de Waardt, H. ; Koonen, A.M.J.
Author_Institution :
Electro-Opt. Commun., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A photonic integrated mode coupler based on silicon-on-insulator is employed for mode division multiplexing (MDM) over a 193 m 19-cell hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre (HC-PBGF) with a -3 dB bandwidth >120 nm. Robust MDM transmissions using LP01 and LP11 modes, and two degenerate LP11 modes (LP11a and LP11b) are both experimentally verified.
Keywords :
cores; elemental semiconductors; light transmission; multiplexing; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre couplers; photonic band gap; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; 19-cell hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre; HC-PBGF; LP01 mode; LP11 mode; MDM transmission; SOI; Si; gain -3 dB; integrated mode multiplexer; mode division multiplexing transmission; photonic integrated mode coupler; silicon-on-insulator;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2014.1588