Dynamic analysis of PAM-4 IM/DD OAM-based MGDM transmission enabled by mode-group filter approach

Jianbo Zhang, Xiong Wu, Alan Pak Tao Lau, Zhaohui Li, Chao Lu

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Abstract

Mode-group-division multiplexing (MGDM)-based intensity modulation direct detection (IM/DD) transmission is an attractive approach to increase the capacity for short-reach optical communication. In this Letter, a simple but versatile scheme of mode group (MG) filtering for MGDM IM/DD transmission is proposed. The scheme is applicable to any mode basis in the fiber, and it satisfies the needs of low complexity, low power consumption, and high system performance. By employing the proposed MG filter scheme, a total raw bit rate of a 152-Gb/s multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-free IM/DD co-channel simultaneous transmit and receive system based on two orbital angular momentum (OAM) MGs, each carrying a 38-GBaud four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) signal, is experimentally demonstrated over a 5-km few-mode fiber (FMF). The bit error ratios (BERs) of the two MGs are below the 7% hard-decision forward error correction (HD-FEC) BER threshold at 3.8×10-3, using simple feedforward equalization (FFE). Furthermore, the dependability and robustness of such MGDM links are of great significance. Thus, the dynamic evaluation of BER and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each MG is tested over 210 minutes under different conditions. In the dynamic cases, all the BER results using the proposed scheme can be below 1×10-3, which further confirms the stability and feasibility of our proposed MGDM transmission scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3259-3262
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume48
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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