Optical Couplers in Multimode MIMO Transmission Systems - Measurement Results and Performance Analysis

Andreas Ahrens, Steffen Lochmann

2013

Abstract

The concept of MIMO (multiple input multiple output) transmission over multimode fibers has attracted increasing interest within the last years. Theoretically, the performance of the opticalMIMO multimode channel is well predictable. However, the realization of the opticalMIMO channel requires substantial further research. In this work the efficiency of optical couplers in MIMO systems is studied in a 1,4 km multimode testbed. Optical couplers have long been used as passive optical components able to combine or split SISO (singleinput single-output) data transmission from optical fibers. Our results show by the obtained measured impulse responses together with the simulated BER performance that optical couplers are well suited for the optical MIMO transmission despite their insertion losses and asymmetries. Comparing the different couplers those which maintain the different optical mode groups support the MIMO transmission more efficiently.

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Ahrens A. and Lochmann S. (2013). Optical Couplers in Multimode MIMO Transmission Systems - Measurement Results and Performance Analysis . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Data Communication Networking, 10th International Conference on e-Business and 4th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-72-3, pages 398-403. DOI: 10.5220/0004497303980403


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@conference{optics13,
author={Andreas Ahrens and Steffen Lochmann},
title={Optical Couplers in Multimode MIMO Transmission Systems - Measurement Results and Performance Analysis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Data Communication Networking, 10th International Conference on e-Business and 4th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={398-403},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004497303980403},
isbn={978-989-8565-72-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Data Communication Networking, 10th International Conference on e-Business and 4th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2013)
TI - Optical Couplers in Multimode MIMO Transmission Systems - Measurement Results and Performance Analysis
SN - 978-989-8565-72-3
AU - Ahrens A.
AU - Lochmann S.
PY - 2013
SP - 398
EP - 403
DO - 10.5220/0004497303980403