The paper presents the experimental and theoretical investigations for a 2 x 2 MIMO optical communication system based on mode group diversion multiplexing over the 200m GI-MM fiber. As light sources at the system the low-cost VCSEL lasers were used. A coupling of the optical signals into the fiber at the transmitter side was done by using only a commercial optical coupler. In analogical way a ‘combined’ optical signal which was present on the fiber output was divided into two separate optical paths by using second optical coupler acting as a splitter.

Date Published: 12 May 2014
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 9228, Optical Fibers and Their Applications 2014, 92280K (12 May 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2065515

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9228:
Optical Fibers and Their Applications 2014
Jan Dorosz; Ryszard S. Romaniuk, Editor(s)