2014/06/02 by Robert Brüning, Robert Bruning, Sandile Ngcobo +3 · 7 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Computer science #Crunch #Electronic engineering #Engineering #Fiber #Fiber laser #Materials science #Modal #Mode (computer interface) #Multiplexing #Optical Network Technologies #Optical fiber #Optics #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices #Telecommunications #Transmission (telecommunications) #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1364/ol.40.000435
published in Optics Letters 40(3), 435 (Optica Publishing Group)
arxiv created 2014/06/02 · openalex publication_date 2015/01/29 · arxiv updated 2015/06/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Mode division multiplexing has been mooted as a future technology to address the impending data crunch of existing fiber networks. Present demonstrations delineate the light source from the mode creation steps, potentially inhibiting integrated solutions. Here we create fiber modes on demand with a digital laser and couple them directly into a few-mode fiber, where after transmission they are decoupled by modal decomposition. This is the first demonstration of an integrated source for encoding information into the spatial modes of light.