Direct fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing transmission seeded by integrated optical vortex emitters

Jun Liu; Shi-Mao Li; Long Zhu; An-Dong Wang; Shi Chen; Charalambos Klitis; Cheng Du; Qi Mo; Marc Sorel; Si-Yuan Yu; Xin-Lun Cai; Jian Wang

doi:10.1038/lsa.2017.148

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Direct fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing transmission seeded by integrated optical vortex emitters

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- Direct fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing transmission seeded by integrated optical vortex emitters
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 7, Issue 2, (2018)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  2.State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies and School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  3.School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Rankine Building, Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LT, UK
  4.Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co. Ltd, Wuhan 430074, China
- Author bio：
  
  X Cai, Email: caixlun5@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  J Wang, Email: jwang@hust.edu.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2017.148
  CLC：
- Published：2018，
  
  Published Online：09 March 2018，
  
  Received：01 June 2017，
  
  Revised：10 October 2017，
  
  Accepted：18 October 2017
- Accepted：
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Liu, J. et al. Direct fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing transmission seeded by integrated optical vortex emitters. Light: Science & Applications, 7, 17148 (2018).
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Liu, J. et al. Direct fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing transmission seeded by integrated optical vortex emitters. Light: Science & Applications, 7, 17148 (2018). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2017.148.

摘要

Abstract

Spatial modes have received substantial attention over the last decades and are used in optical communication applications. In fiber-optic communications

the employed linearly polarized modes and phase vortex modes carrying orbital angular momentum can be synthesized by fiber vector eigenmodes. To improve the transmission capacity and miniaturize the communication system

straightforward fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing and generation of fiber-eigenmode-like polarization vortices (vector vortex modes) using photonic integrated devices are of substantial interest. Here

we propose and demonstrate direct fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing transmission seeded by integrated optical vortex emitters. By exploiting vector vortex modes (radially and azimuthally polarized beams) generated from silicon microring resonators etched with angular gratings

we report data-carrying fiber vector eigenmode multiplexing transmission through a 2-km large-core fiber

showing low-level mode crosstalk and favorable link performance. These demonstrations may open up added capacity scaling opportunities by directly accessing multiple vector eigenmodes in the fiber and provide compact solutions to replace bulky diffractive optical elements for generating various optical vector beams.

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Keywords

fiber-optic communicationsfiber vector eigenmodemultiplexingoptical vortexphotonic integrated devices

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