Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes emission from a high emission efficiency OAM emitter for 20-Gbit/s quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) carrying data transmission in few-mode fiber (FMF). The device is capable of emitting vector optical vortices carrying well-defined OAM efficiently with the efficiency of the device >37%. Seven modes propagate through a 2-km two-mode and a 3.6-km three-mode FMF with measured optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) penalties less than 4 dB at a bit-error rate (BER) of 2 x 10(-3). The demonstrations with favorable performance pave the way to incorporate silicon photonic integrated devices as transceivers in an OAM-enabled optical fiber communication link. (C) 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
Original language | English |
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Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 12 |
Pages (from-to) | 15471-15479 |
ISSN | 1094-4087 |
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Publication status | Published - 2018 |