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Attenuation And Bit Error Rate For Four Co-Propagating Spatially Multiplexed Optical Communication Channels Of Exactly Same Wavelength In Step Index Multimode Fibers, Syed H. Murshid, Abhijit Chakravarty

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

Spatial domain multiplexing (SDM) utilizes co-propagation of exactly the same wavelength in optical fibers to increase the bandwidth by integer multiples. Input signals from multiple independent single mode pigtail laser sources are launched at different input angles into a single multimode carrier fiber. The SDM channels follow helical paths and traverse through the carrier fiber without interfering with each other. The optical energy from the different sources is spatially distributed and takes the form of concentric circular donut shaped rings, where each ring corresponds to an independent laser source. At the output end of the fiber these donut shaped independent …