Optical vortices: An innovative approach to increase spectral efficiency by fiber mode-division multiplexing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8647, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Boffi, Pierpaolo ^a   Martelli, P ^a   Gatto, A ^a   Martinelli, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mode demultiplexing; Mode division multiplexing; Optical vortices

Indexed keywords

COHERENT DETECTION; DIRECT DETECTION; ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MIMO PROCESSING; MODE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL VORTICES; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES;

DEMULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84880210918     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2003588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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