title: Two mode transmission at 2×100 Gb/s, over 40 km-long prototype few-mode fiber, using LCOS-based programmable mode multiplexer and demultiplexer.
abstract: We present a novel optical transmission system to experimentally demonstrate the possibility of mode division multiplexing. Its key components are mode multiplexer and demultiplexer based on a programmable liquid crystal on silicon panel, a prototype few-mode fiber, and a 4×4 multiple input multiple output algorithm processing the information of two polarization diversity coherent receivers. Using this system, we transmit two 100 Gb/s PDM-QPSK data streams modulated on two different modes of the prototype few-mode fiber. After 40 km, we obtain Q(2)-factors about 1 dB above the limit for forward error correction.
authors.affiliation: Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, centre de Villarceaux, route de Villejust, 91620 Nozay, France. clemens.koebele@alcatel-lucent.com
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koebele
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salsi
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sperti
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brindel
authors.forename: Haik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mardoyan
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bigo
authors.forename: Aurélien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boutin
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verluise
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sillard
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Astruc
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Provost
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cerou
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Charlet