title: Mode-division multiplexed transmission with inline few-mode fiber amplifier.
abstract: We demonstrate mode-division multiplexed WDM transmission over 50-km of few-mode fiber using the fiber's LP01 and two degenerate LP11 modes. A few-mode EDFA is used to boost the power of the output signal before a few-mode coherent receiver. A 6×6 time-domain MIMO equalizer is used to recover the transmitted data. We also experimentally characterize the 50-km few-mode fiber and the few-mode EDFA.
authors.affiliation: NEC Labs America, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.
authors.forename: Neng
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Ezra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ip
authors.forename: Yue-Kai
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mateo
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: Ming-Jun
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bickham
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ten
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liñares
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montero
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Xesús
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: Kit
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Man Chung
authors.forename: Alan Pak Tao
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Hwa-Yaw
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yanhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Gang-Ding
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Guifang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*