6-mode Spatial Multiplexer with Low Loss and High Selectivity for Transmission over Few Mode Fiber

P. Genevaux¹, C. Simonneau¹, G. Labroille², B. Denolle², O. Pinel², P. Jian², J.-F. Morizur², G. Charlet¹

¹ Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, ² CAILabs

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, W1A.5 (2015).

Abstract: We present a spatial 6-mode multiplexer with low loss and high mode selectivity. We demonstrate 100Gbit/s error-free transmission over 20km for 6 modes and over 40km bi-directional transmission with 3 modes in each direction.