System for transmitting and receiving multi-polarized signals

The present disclosure relates to: an optical receiver, configured to receive at least three multiplexed, differently polarized, optically transmitted signals, each signal associated with a predefined state of polarization, said receiver comprising a multi- polarization analyzer for obtaining an analyzed signal for each of said polarized signals, wherein at least one of said analyzed signals comprises data in the full Stokes space; an optical transmitter, configured to transmit at least three multiplexed, differently polarized, optically transmitted signals, wherein at least one of said polarized signals comprises data in the full Stokes space; a system configured to communicate optically over a communication link, comprising: an optical transmitter, configured to generate and multiplex at least three independent data signals having different states of polarization into a multiplexed signal, and an optical receiver, configured to receive the transmitted signal, said receiver comprising a demultiplexer for polarization demultiplexing the multiplexed signal into three or more polarized signals, said receiver further comprising at least three signal detectors.