Title :
Reconfigurable orbital-angular-momentum-based switching among multiple 100-Gbit/s data channels
Author :
Yang Yue ; Ahmed, Nova ; Hao Huang ; Yan Yan ; Yongxiong Ren ; Rogawski, D. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate OAM-based reconfigurable optical switching functions among multiple OAM modes. Three-pair OAM modes exchange shows 3.6-dB conversion efficiency and selective data exchange among three 100-Gb/s QPSK OAM channels has a 2.1-dB OSNR penalty.
Keywords :
optical switches; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; OSNR penalty; QPSK OAM channel; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; conversion efficiency; reconfigurable optical switching function; reconfigurable orbital-angular-momentum-based switching; selective data exchange; Laser beams; Multiplexing; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Phase shift keying; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
