14.5Tb/s Mode-Group and Wavelength Multiplexed Direct Detection Transmission over 2.2 km OM2 Fiber

Authors: Kaoutar Benyahya¹, Christian Simonneau¹, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi¹, Nicolas Barré², Pu Jian², Jean-François Morizur², Guillaume Labroille², Marianne Bigot³ , Pierre Sillard³ , Jérémie Renaudier¹, Gabriel Charlet¹

¹ Nokia Bell-Labs
² CAILabs SAS, 8 rue du 7eme d’Artillerie, 35000 Rennes, France
³ Prysmian Group, Parc des industries Artois Flandres, 644 boulevard Est, Billy Berclau, 62092 Haisnes, France

Abstract

We demonstrate 14.5Tb/s bidirectional transmission over 2.2km of OM2 fiber using selective excitation of 4 mode groups, WDM multiplexing and direct detection. This is the highest throughput transmitted over multimode fibers using direct detection.