Mode-selective optical packet switching in mode-division multiplexing networks.

A novel mode-selective optical packet switching, based on mode-multiplexers/demultiplexers and multi-port optical micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) switches, has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The experimental demonstration was performed using the LP(01), LP(11a) and LP(11b) modes of a 30-km long mode-division multiplexed few-mode fiber link, utilizing 40 Gb/s, 16-QAM signals.

Waveguide-dispersion characteristics of dual-shape-core dispersion-shifted fibers.

Waveguide-dispersion characteristics are discussed experimentally and numerically. The waveguide dispersions of both dual-shape-core (DSC) and graded-index types of dispersion-shifted fibers are evaluated from the measured wavelength dependence of the mode field radius. It is shown that the dispersion sensitivity to core-radius change of a bend-optimized DSC fiber is smaller than that of the graded-index dispersion-shifted fiber.

Characteristics of dual-shape core fiber with an alpha-index center core.

The bending-loss and dispersion-sensitivity characteristics of a dispersion-shifted dual-shape core fiber with an alpha index center core are described. Calculations show that these characteristics can be improved by decreasing a and that a bend-optimized, dual-shaped core fiber exhibits a small bending loss and a large mode field diameter.