Linearly polarized vector modes: enabling MIMO-free mode-division multiplexing

We experimentally investigate mode-division multiplexing in an elliptical ring core fiber (ERCF) that supports linearly polarized vector modes (LPV). Characterization show that the ERCF exhibits good polarization maintaining properties over eight LPV modes with effective index difference larger than...

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Published in:Optics express 2017-05, Vol.25 (10), p.11736-11749
Main Authors: Wang, Lixian, Nejad, Reza Mirzaei, Corsi, Alessandro, Lin, Jiachuan, Messaddeq, Younès, Rusch, Leslie, LaRochelle, Sophie
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Language:English
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Summary:We experimentally investigate mode-division multiplexing in an elliptical ring core fiber (ERCF) that supports linearly polarized vector modes (LPV). Characterization show that the ERCF exhibits good polarization maintaining properties over eight LPV modes with effective index difference larger than 1 × 10 . The ERCF further displays stable mode power and polarization extinction ratio when subjected to external perturbations. Crosstalk between the LPV modes, after propagating through 0.9 km ERCF, is below -14 dB. By using six LPV modes as independent data channels, we achieved the transmission of 32 Gbaud QPSK over 0.9 km ERCF without any multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) or polarization-division multiplexing (PDM) signal processing.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/oe.25.011736