• DocumentCode
    689176
  • Title

    Stable transmission of 12 OAM states in air-core fiber

  • Author

    Gregg, P. ; Kristensen, P. ; Golowich, Steven E. ; Olsen, J.O. ; Steinvurzel, P. ; Ramachandran, Siddharth

  • Author_Institution
    Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate modally pure propagation over a record number (12) of modes in an optical fiber. An air-core fiber enables this by supporting OAM states. We achieve mode purities >10dB over 2m for all states and >20dB after 1km for a 2 state subset.
  • Keywords
    light transmission; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; OAM state transmission stablity; air-core fiber; distance 1 km; distance 2 m; optical fiber; optical propagation; orbital angular momentum; Couplings; Indexes; Interference; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Time-domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833558