All-fiber broadband 02 mode converter for future wavelength and mode division multiplexing systems

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1638-1641

  Tsekrekos, Christos P ^a   Syvridis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Few mode fibers (FMF); mode converter; mode division multiplexing (MDM); multimode interference; optical fiber communication; optical fiber devices; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

FEW-MODE FIBERS (FMF); MODE CONVERTER; MODE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (MDM); MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84865799438     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2211585     Document Type: Article

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