100 Tbit/s free-space data link enabled by three-dimensional multiplexing of orbital angular momentum, polarization, and wavelength

Hao Huang*, Guodong Xie, Yan Yan, Nisar Ahmed, Yongxiong Ren, Yang Yue, Dvora Rogawski, Moshe J. Willner, Baris I. Erkmen, Kevin M. Birnbaum, Samuel J. Dolinar, Martin P.J. Lavery, Miles J. Padgett, Moshe Tur, Alan E. Willner

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Abstract

We investigate the orthogonality of orbital angular momentum (OAM) with other multiplexing domains and present a free-space data link that uniquely combines OAM-, polarization-, and wavelength-division multiplexing. Specifically, we demonstrate the multiplexing/demultiplexing of 1008 data channels carried on 12 OAM beams, 2 polarizations, and 42 wavelengths. Each channel is encoded with 100 Gbit/s quadrature phase-shift keying data, providing an aggregate capacity of 100.8 Tbit/s (12 × 2 × 42 × 100 Gbit/s).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-200
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume39
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jan 2014

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