- Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2013
- OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2013),
- paper OTh1A.6
- •https://doi.org/10.1364/OFC.2013.OTh1A.6

Experimental Demonstration of Reconfigurable Optical Interconnect based on Hybrid Free-Space and Multi-Mode Fiber Propagation
Ke Wang, Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Christina Lim, Efstratios Skafidas, and Kamal Alameh
Author Affiliations
Ke Wang,*,1,2Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas,1,2Christina Lim,2Efstratios Skafidas,1,2and Kamal Alameh3
1National ICT Australia – Victoria Research Laboratory (NICTA-VRL)
2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
3Centre of Excellence for MicroPhotonic Systems, Electron Science Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
*Corresponding author:kwa@student.unimelb.edu.au
- Anaheim, California United States
- 17–21 March 2013
- In proceedings Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2013
- ISBN: 978-1-55752-962-6
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Optical Networks for Data Centers (OTh1A)
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- Optics & Photonics TopicsThe topics in this list come from theOptics and Photonics Topics applied to this article.
- Coupling efficiency
- Free space optics
- Light beams
- Multimode fibers
- Optical interconnects
- Single mode fibers
Abstract
A reconfigurable optical interconnect architecture based on hybrid free-space and multi-mode fiber (MMF) propagation is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. 3×10 Gb/s reconfigurable interconnect is achieved with ~12 cm free-space propagation and a 10 m multi-mode fiber length.
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- 17–21 March 2013
- ISBN: 978-1-55752-962-6
- From the session Optical Networks for Data Centers (OTh1A)