Single-end optical fiber transfer matrix measurement using spatial pilot

    公开(公告)号:US10345192B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15791843

    申请日:2017-10-24

    摘要: Various embodiments relate to a method including: coupling one or more optical spatial pilot signals into a first end of optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is a multimode optical fiber; Reflecting and modifying each mode of the optical pilot signals at a second end of the optical fiber; receiving a reflected portion of the one or more optical spatial pilot signals at the first end of the of the optical fiber in response to the reflected portion having propagated through the optical fiber in both directions; processing the reflected spatial pilot to determine components of one of a round-trip transfer matrix of the optical fiber and a single-direction transfer matrix of the optical fiber.

    Optical Communication With Low Temporal Coherence Light

    公开(公告)号:US20190089458A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US15728650

    申请日:2017-10-10

    摘要: An apparatus includes an optical data transmitter comprising an optical source of temporally incoherent light, an optical power splitter, an optical mode multiplexer, and a plurality of optical paths. The optical power splitter has an optical input and a plurality of optical outputs. The optical input is connected to receive the temporally incoherent light from the source. The optical mode multiplexer has a plurality of optical inputs and an optical output for connecting to a near end of an all-optical transmission fiber line. Each optical path connects a corresponding one of the optical outputs of the optical power splitter to a corresponding one of the optical inputs of the optical mode multiplexer. One or more of the optical paths of the plurality has or have an optical data modulator. A remaining one of the optical paths of the plurality is configured to transmit reference light from the optical power splitter to optical mode multiplexer