Space-division multiplexing and all-optical MIMO demultiplexing using a photonic integrated circuit

2012 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fontaine, Nicolas K ^a   Doerr, Christopher R ^a,c   Mestre, Miquel A ^a   Ryf, Roland R ^a   Winzer, Peter J ^a   Buhl, Larry L ^a   Sun, Yi ^b   Jiang, Xinli ^b   Lingle, Robert ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b OFS   (United States)

^c Acacia Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY; SILICON PHOTONICS; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

ALL OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING; FEW-MODE FIBERS; OPTICAL MIMO; PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION MODES; SELECTIVE COUPLING; SILICON PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SPATIAL MODES;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 84862093970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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