Open AccessFirst demonstration of a scalable MDM/CDM optical access system
Author(s) -
Takahiro Kodama,
Tomoki Isoda,
Koji Morita,
Akihiro Maruta,
Ryo Maruyama,
Nobuo Kuwaki,
Shoichiro Matsuo,
Naoya Wada,
Gabriella Cincotti,
Ken-ichi Kitayama
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.22.012060
Subject(s) - optics , physics , scalability , computer science , optoelectronics , database
A novel hybrid all-optical mode-division multiplexing and code division multiplexing architecture for flexible and scalable access networks is presented. We successfully demonstrate, for the first time, an asynchronous on-off keying modulation, 2 mode x 4 code x 10 Gbps transmission over 42-km link, using a set of single-mode and two-mode fibers, without dispersion compensation. The four phase-shift keyed optical codes are generated at a single wavelength, by a multiport encoder/decoder, and we use an optical mode multiplexer/demultiplexer in the remote node and at the central office. We also experimentally evaluate the mode crosstalk tolerance considering different access span distances for the LP(01) and LP(11) modes.