Experimental Investigation of Inter-Modal Four-Wave Mixing in Few-Mode Fibers

被引:154
作者
Essiambre, Rene-Jean [1 ]
Mestre, Miquel A. [1 ]
Ryf, Roland [1 ]
Gnauck, Alan H. [1 ]
Tkach, Robert W. [1 ]
Chraplyvy, Andrew R. [1 ]
Sun, Yi [2 ]
Jiang, Xinli [2 ]
Lingle, Robert, Jr. [2 ]
机构
[1] Alcatel Lucent, Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA
[2] OFS, Norcross, GA 30071 USA
关键词
Fiber nonlinear optics; four-wave mixing; optical fiber communication; optical fiber dispersion; LIMITS;
D O I
10.1109/LPT.2013.2242881
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We experimentally demonstrate nondegenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) between waves belonging to different spatial modes of a 5-km-long few-mode fiber (FMF). Of the three inter-modal FWM (IM-FWM) processes possible, two have been experimentally observed. These IM-FWM processes are found to be phase-matched over very large frequency separations of several Terahertz between the waves. In contrast to FWM in single-mode fibers that require operating near the zero-dispersion wavelength to achieve phase matching, IM-FWM in a FMF can be fully phase matched in the presence of large chromatic dispersion in each spatial mode.
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页码:539 / 542
页数:4
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