6×6 MIMO Transmission over 50+25+10 km Heterogeneous Spans of Few-Mode Fiber with Inline Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier

• DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2012.otu2c.4
• Publication Date: 2013-04-05T09:30:39Z
• Authors: Ezra Ip; Neng Bai; Yue-Kai Huang; Eduardo Mateo; Fatih Yaman; Ming-Jun Li; Scott Bickham; Sergey Ten; Jesús Liñares; Carlos Montero; Vicente Moreno; Xesús Prieto; Yanhua Luo; Gang-Ding Peng; Guifang Li; Ting Wang
• Keywords: Fusion splicing; Erbium; Mode volume; Mode (computer interface)

We demonstrate mode-division multiplexed transmission using the LP01 and LPn modes over three heterogeneous spans of few-mode fiber investigate impact fusion splicing free-space coupling on mode mixing.