Spatial Mode-Division Multiplexing for High-Speed Optical Coherent Detection Systems

Release Date:2012-04-06 Author:William Shieh, An Li, Abdullah Al Amin, Xi Chen, Simin Chen, and Guanjun Gao

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[Abstract] Spatial mode-division multiplexing is emerging as a potential solution to further increasing optical fiber capacity and spectral efficiency. We report a dual-mode, dual-polarization transmission method based on mode-selective excitation and detection over a two-mode fiber. In particular, we present 107 Gbit/s coherent optical OFDM (CO-OFDM) transmission over a 4.5 km two-mode fiber using LP01 and LP11 modes in which mode separation is performed optically.

[Keywords] coherent communications; few-mode fiber; mode converter; fiber optic components