Measurement of differential modal group delay of few-mode fibers using four-wave mixing

Varun Kelkar; Smaranika Swain; Deepa Venkitesh

doi:10.1117/12.2289660

29 January 2018 Measurement of differential modal group delay of few-mode fibers using four-wave mixing

Varun Kelkar, Smaranika Swain, Deepa Venkitesh

Proceedings Volume 10561, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems VII; 105610E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289660
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The differential modal group delay (DMGD) of a few-mode fiber (FMF) is an important parameter that decides the complexity of the digital signal processing at the receiver in space division multiplexed (SDM) systems. We use the random mode and polarisation coupling simulation model to explain the origin of statistical spread in DMGD when measured through the conventional linear techniques. We propose and experimentally demonstrate a method based on degenerate inter-modal four wave mixing (IMFWM) to accurately measure the DMGD of a few-mode fiber. Unlike most conventional linear methods, we also extract the sign of DMGD using this nonlinear method. We demonstrate IMFWM using an all-fiber architecture with offset splicing, which is low-cost, robust and non-mode selective.

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Varun Kelkar, Smaranika Swain, and Deepa Venkitesh "Measurement of differential modal group delay of few-mode fibers using four-wave mixing", Proc. SPIE 10561, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems VII, 105610E (29 January 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289660

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