Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Determining principal modes in a multimode optical fiber using the mode dependent signal delay method

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

Mode dispersion can negatively impact optical fiber communication over multimode optical fibers (MMFs). Principal modes are a basis of spatial modes that do not experience mode dispersion up to the first order in frequency. In this work, a method to determine the principle modes of a MMF is proposed. This method is referred to as the mode dependent signal delay method, being the extension to a MMF of the analogous method to determine the principal states of polarization of a single-mode optical fiber. Using this method, principal modes can be determined by measuring N21 mean signal time delays at a MMF input for N21 launch conditions generated at a MMF output. The differences of the mode dependent signal delay method from the polarization signal delay method and its experimental implementation are discussed.

© 2014 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Principal modes in multimode waveguides

Shanhui Fan and Joseph M. Kahn
Opt. Lett. 30(2) 135-137 (2005)

Using state tomography for characterizing input principal modes in optically scattering medium

Jun Yang and Daniel A. Nolan
Opt. Express 24(24) 27691-27701 (2016)

Stokes-space analysis of modal dispersion in fibers with multiple mode transmission

Cristian Antonelli, Antonio Mecozzi, Mark Shtaif, and Peter J. Winzer
Opt. Express 20(11) 11718-11733 (2012)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (22)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved