Multi-core optical fiber and optical communication systems

PJ Winzer, CR Doerr - US Patent 8,503,845, 2013 - Google Patents
An apparatus includes an optical fiber having a plurality of optical cores therein. Each optical
core is located lateral in the optical fiber to the remaining one or more optical cores and is …

Intra-link spatial-mode mixing in an under-addressed optical MIMO system

PJ Winzer, GJ Foschini - US Patent 8,705,913, 2014 - Google Patents
The outage probability in an under-addressed optical MIMO system may be reduced by
configuring an intra-link optical mode mixer to dynamically change the spatial-mode mixing …

Transmission adjustment for space division multiplexing of optical signals

MMM Rad, IM Fazal - US Patent 10,230,468, 2019 - Google Patents
(Continued) Primary Examiner-Oommen Jacob (57) ABSTRACT Spatial division
multiplexing (SDM) allows multiple optical signals to be multiplexed onto a single optical …

Performance enhancement through optical variants

X Liu, PJ Winzer, A Chraplyvy - US Patent 8,824,501, 2014 - Google Patents
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Mendelsohn, Drucker & Related US Application Data
Dunleavy, PC; Yuri Gruzdkov; Steve Mendelsohn (60) sial application No. 61/535,548, filed …

Communication through multiplexed one-dimensional optical signals

X Liu, PJ Winzer, AR Chraplyvy, RW Tkach… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
An example apparatus comprises an optical transmitter which includes a first processor and
at least two optical modulators. The first processor is configured to generate a first electronic …

Dynamic multidimensional optical networking based on spatial and spectral processing

M Cvijetic, IB Djordjevic, N Cvijetic, T Wang - US Patent 8,891,964, 2014 - Google Patents
An optical network includes a multidimensional coder and modulator for handling multiple-in-
multiple-out MIMO spatial lightpath properties and content of any specific supercarrier, a …

Method and apparatus for space-division multiplexing systems

C Sethumadhavan, X Liu, PJ Winzer… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
A space division multiplexed (SDM) transmission system that includes at least two segments
of transmission media in which a spatial assignment of the two segments is different is …

Receiver for optical transverse-mode-multiplexed signals

R Ryf, PJ Winzer - US Patent 8,355,638, 2013 - Google Patents
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Optical MIMO processing

H Buelow - US Patent 9,231,702, 2016 - Google Patents
A technique is provided for an optical multiple input multiple output (MIMO) processing
system. The optical (MIMO) processing system includes an interface to a multi-mode fiber at …

Method of optical data transmission using mode division multiplexing

C Koebele, M Salsi - US Patent 9,225,461, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and a device for optical data transmission are proposed.
Incoming optical signals having respective incom ing waveguide modes are mapped into …