Orbital-angular-momentum mode (de)multiplexer: A single optical element for MIMO-based and non-MIMO-based multimode fiber systems

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Milione, Giovanni ^a,e   Huang, Hao ^c   Lavery, Martin P J ^b,e   An Nguyen, Thien ^a,e   Xie, Guodong ^c   Cao, Yinwen ^c   Willner, Moshe ^c   Tur, Moshe ^c   Dolinar, Sam ^d   Alfano, Robert R ^a,e   Padgett, Miles J ^b,e   Willner, Alan E ^c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Lasers and New York State Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIMODE FIBERS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT;

MULTIMODE FIBER SYSTEMS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 85088349517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2014.m3k.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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