We describe a novel all-optical hybrid mode-division multiplexing (MDM) -optical code division multiplexing (OCDM) architecture for future flexible access network. We successfully demonstrate, for the first time, an asynchronous on-off keying (OOK) modulation, 2 mode x 4 code x 10 Gbps transmission over 2km two mode fiber (TMF), without dispersion compensation at single wavelength, by using 16-chip (200 Gchip/s), 16-phase-shift keyed (PSK) optical codes (OC) generated by a multiport encoder/decoder (E/D) and an optical mode multiplexer/demultiplexer (MMUX/MDeMUX). We also analytically and experimentally evaluate the mode crosstalk tolerance as a function of the LP₀₁ and LP₁₁ modes.

Date Published: 1 February 2014
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 9009, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems III, 90090K (1 February 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2042617

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9009:
Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems III
Guifang Li, Editor(s)