Title :
Demonstration of mode-division multiplexing transmission over 10 km two-mode fiber with mode coupler
Author :
Hanzawa, Nobutomo ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Sakamoto, Taiji ; Matsui, Takashi ; Tomita, Shigeru ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We realized mode-division multiplexing(MDM) transmission by using orthogonal LP modes with negligible modal crosstalk, for the first time. A 2×10Gbps MDM transmission was achieved over a 10km two-mode fiber with sufficiently low power penalty.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; MDM transmission; distance 10 km; mode coupler; mode-division multiplexing transmission; negligible modal crosstalk; orthogonal LP modes; two-mode fiber; Couplers; Multiplexing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
