Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2019, 12 (1): 0131–40, 网络出版: 2019-09-08
Weakly-coupled mode division multiplexing over conventional multi-mode fiber with intensity modulation and direct detection
Weakly-coupled mode division multiplexing over conventional multi-mode fiber with intensity modulation and direct detection
multi-mode fiber (MMF) mode division multiplexing (MDM) weak mode coupling intensity modulation and direct detection (IM-DD)
摘要
Abstract
Multi-mode fiber (MMF) links are expected to greatly enhance capacity to cope with rapidly increasing data traffic in optical short-reach systems and networks. Recently, mode division multiplexing (MDM) over MMF has been proposed, in which different modes in MMF are utilized as spatial channels for data transmission. Stronglycoupled MDM techniques utilizing coherent detection and multiplex-input-multiplex-output (MIMO) digital signal processing (DSP) are complex and expensive for shortreach transmission. So the weakly-coupled approach by significantly suppressing mode coupling in the fiber and optical components has been proposed. In this way, the signals in each mode can be independently transmitted and received using conventional intensity modulation and direct detection (IM-DD). In this paper, we elaborate the key technologies to realize weakly-coupled MDM transmission over conventional MMF, including mode characteristic in MMF and weakly-coupled mode multiplexer/demultiplexer (MUX/DEMUX). We also present the upto-date experimental results for weakly-coupled MDM transmission over conventional OM3 MMF. We show that weakly-coupledMDMscheme is promising for high-speed optical interconnections and bandwidth upgrade of already-deployed MMF links.
, , , , , , , , , . Weakly-coupled mode division multiplexing over conventional multi-mode fiber with intensity modulation and direct detection[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2019, 12(1): 0131–40. Juhao LI, Zhongying WU, Dawei GE, Jinglong ZHU, Yu TIAN, Yichi ZHANG, Jinyi YU, Zhengbin LI, Zhangyuan CHEN, Yongqi HE. Weakly-coupled mode division multiplexing over conventional multi-mode fiber with intensity modulation and direct detection[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2019, 12(1): 0131–40.